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 Plant City (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 Plant City. 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 southwest 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 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.
Plant City is located in Chambers 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 Chambers County: Lee, Randolph, Tallapoosa, Harris (GA) & Troup (GA).
Below are the counties that are near Plant City. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Plant City:
- Chambers County (The home county of Plant City)
- The following are listed by their distance from Plant City, with the one closest to Plant City listed first.
- Lanett
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Eady City
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Eady City is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eady City
- Huguley
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Huguley is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huguley
- Valley
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- River View
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- River View is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River View
- Osanippa
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Osanippa is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osanippa
- Cusseta
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Fredonia
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Fredonia is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fredonia
- Boyds
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Boyds is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyds
- LaFayette
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Evansville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Evansville is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evansville
- Five Points
(14 miles [22.5 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
- Lee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Plant City, with the one closest to Plant City listed first.
- Blanton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Blanton is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanton
- Salem
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Gwen Mill
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Gwen Mill is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gwen Mill
- Opelika
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Bleecker
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Bleecker is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bleecker
- Chewacla
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Chewacla is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chewacla
- The Bottle
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- The Bottle is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Bottle
- Smith's Station
(22 miles [35.4 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
- Prince Crossroads
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Prince Crossroads is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prince Crossroads
- Auburn
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Beauregard
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Beauregard is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beauregard
- Ridgewood Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Ridgewood Village is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgewood Village
- Randolph County
- The following are listed by their distance from Plant City, with the one closest to Plant City listed first.
- Rock Mills
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Rock Mills is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Mills
- Roanoke
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Peavy
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Peavy is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peavy
- High Shoals
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- High Shoals is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Shoals
- Wadley
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Forester Chapel
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Forester Chapel is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forester Chapel
- West
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- West is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West
- Russell County
- The following are listed by their distance from Plant City, with the one closest to Plant City listed first.
- Crawford
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Crawford is located in Russell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crawford
- Ladonia
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Ladonia is located in Russell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ladonia
- Phenix City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Hugley
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Hugley is located in Russell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hugley
- Fontaine Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Fontaine Village is located in Russell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fontaine Village
- Tallapoosa County
- The following are listed by their distance from Plant City, with the one closest to Plant City listed first.
- Dudleyville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Dudleyville is located in Tallapoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dudleyville
- Frog Eye
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Frog Eye is located in Tallapoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frog Eye
- Camp Hill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Truett
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Truett is located in Tallapoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Truett
- Slaughters ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Slaughters is located in Tallapoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slaughters
- Daviston
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Matilda
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Matilda is located in Tallapoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matilda
- Harris County (GA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Plant City, with the one closest to Plant City listed first.
- Pine Lake
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Pine Lake is located in Harris County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Lake
- Mountain Hill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Mountain Hill is located in Harris County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Hill
- Population from the 2010 Census: 11,554 people
- Hamilton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Mountainbrook
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Mountainbrook is located in Harris County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountainbrook
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,108 people
- Pine Mountain
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Pine Mountain Valley
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Cataula
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Ellerslie
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Shiloh
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Waverly Hall
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Heard County (GA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Plant City, with the one closest to Plant City listed first.
- Glenn
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Houston
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Houston is located in Heard County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houston
- Population from the 2010 Census: 110 people
- O'Neals Crossroad
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- O'Neals Crossroad is located in Heard County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for O'Neals Crossroad
- Franklin
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Riverside
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Riverside is located in Heard County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
- Corinth
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Corinth is located in Heard County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corinth
- Meriwether County (GA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Plant City, with the one closest to Plant City listed first.
- Harris City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Harris City is located in Meriwether County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris City
- Warm Springs
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Greenville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Lone Oak
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Lone Oak is located in Meriwether County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Oak
- Population from the 2020 Census: 89 people
- Muscogee County (GA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Plant City, with the one closest to Plant City listed first.
- Fortson
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Twin Chapel
(23 miles [37 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
- Glenns
(26 miles [41.8 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
(26 miles [41.8 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
(26 miles [41.8 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
- Bibb City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Bibb City is located in Muscogee County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bibb City
- City Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- City Village is located in Muscogee County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for City Village
- Columbus
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Hilton Heights
(28 miles [45.1 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
- Midland
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Branton Woods
(30 miles [48.3 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
(30 miles [48.3 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
- Troup County (GA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Plant City, with the one closest to Plant City listed first.
- West Point
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- North West Point
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- North West Point is located in Troup County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North West Point
- Pioneer Village
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Pioneer Village is located in Troup County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer Village
- West Lake Village
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- West Lake Village is located in Troup County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Lake Village
- Abbottsford
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Abbottsford is located in Troup County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abbottsford
- Rockwell Estates
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Rockwell Estates is located in Troup County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockwell Estates
- Evansville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Evansville is located in Troup County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evansville
- Vernon ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Vernon is located in Troup County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon
- LaGrange
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Sassafrass Hills
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Sassafrass Hills is located in Troup County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sassafrass Hills
- Estimated population in 2019: 255 people
- Sunny Point
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Sunny Point is located in Troup County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunny Point
- Population from the 2010 Census: 1,303 people
- Whitfield
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Whitfield is located in Troup County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitfield
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Plant City, see our County-by-County Page for Plant City.
Cemeteries Near Plant City ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Plant City.
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 Plant City - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Plant City covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Plant City, with the one closest to Plant City listed first.
- Shawmut Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawmut Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Shawmut Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the south of Lanett.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #26191 <2>
- Pine Hill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Eastview Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastview Cemetery
- The Eastview Cemetery has also been known as:
- East View Cemetery
- Oak Wood Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Evangel Temple Assembly of God Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Huguley Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Pinewood Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Forty Tyler Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Hillcrest Garden Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Hall Memorial CME Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Rehobeth Baptist Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Langdale Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (427 more) ...
- Greenwood Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Greenwood Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Fairfax Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
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 Plant City in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Plant City.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Plant City, with the one closest to Plant City listed first.
- West Point
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- River View
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- River View is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River View
- Osanippa
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Osanippa is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osanippa
- Gabbettville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Gabbettville is located in Troup County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gabbettville
- Long Cane
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Long Cane is located in Troup County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Cane
- Cusseta
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Beulah
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Beulah is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beulah
- Whitesville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Whitesville is located in Harris County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitesville
- Fredonia
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Fredonia is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fredonia
- Crowder ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Crowder is located in Troup County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crowder
- Boyds
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Boyds is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyds
- Tuckersburg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Tuckersburg is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuckersburg
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- LaFayette
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Mechanicsville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Mechanicsville is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mechanicsville
- Mountain Hill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Mountain Hill is located in Harris County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Hill
- Population from the 2010 Census: 11,554 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Plant City. See our List of 1890's Communities around Plant City.
Newspapers Published in Plant City ...
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 40 newspapers that have been published in the area around Plant City.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Plant City, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Plant City.
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 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 Plant City:
- Websites specific to Alabama
- Pages specific to Chambers County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Lee County
- Randolph County
- Russell County
- Tallapoosa County
- Harris County
- Heard County
- Meriwether County
- Muscogee 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 Plant City, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Plant City) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |