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 Twin Lake Estates (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 Twin Lake Estates. 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 Twin Lake Estates ...
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 Twin Lake Estates: Twin Lk. Ests.
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 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.
Twin Lake Estates is located in Saint Clair 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 Saint Clair County: Blount, Calhoun, Etowah, Jefferson, Shelby & Talladega.
Below are the counties that are near Twin Lake Estates. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Twin Lake Estates:
- Saint Clair County (The home county of Twin Lake Estates)
- The following are listed by their distance from Twin Lake Estates, with the one closest to Twin Lake Estates listed first.
- Acmar
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Acmar is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acmar
- Brompton
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Brompton is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brompton
- Moody
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- 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 <1>
- Parsons
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Parsons is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parsons
- Margaret
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Turnbough Town
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Turnbough Town is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turnbough Town
- Cook's Springs
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Cook's Springs is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cook's Springs
- Woodland Village
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Woodland Village is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland Village
- Odenville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Argo
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Argo is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,278 people
- Branchville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Branchville is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branchville
- Glen City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Glen City is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen City
- Pell City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Blount County
- The following are listed by their distance from Twin Lake Estates, with the one closest to Twin Lake Estates listed first.
- Dale ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Dale is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dale
- Remlap
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Compton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Compton is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Compton
- Appalachian
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Appalachian is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Appalachian
- Highland Lake
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Highland Lake is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 410 people
- Straight Mountain
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Straight Mountain is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Straight Mountain
- Selfville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Selfville is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Selfville
- Allgood
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Allgood is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allgood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 638 people
- Dallas
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Dallas is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dallas
- Adville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Adville is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adville
- County Line
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- County Line is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for County Line
- Population from the 2020 Census: 241 people
- Locust Fork
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Deavers
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Deavers is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deavers
- Calhoun County
- The following are listed by their distance from Twin Lake Estates, with the one closest to Twin Lake Estates listed first.
- Bruner ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Bruner is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruner
- Macon
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Macon is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macon
- Boozer ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Boozer is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boozer
- Blue Eye ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Blue Eye is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Eye
- Eastaboga
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Cane Creek ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Cane Creek is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cane Creek
- Ohatchee
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Beasley ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Beasley is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beasley
- Bynum
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Bynum is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bynum
- Bynum has also been known as:
- Bynum's
- Cochran Springs
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Cochran Springs is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cochran Springs
- Morrisville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Morrisville is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrisville
- Etowah County
- The following are listed by their distance from Twin Lake Estates, with the one closest to Twin Lake Estates listed first.
- Nix ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Nix is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nix
- Clear Springs ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Clear Springs is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Springs
- Gallant
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Gallant is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gallant
- Altoona
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Jefferson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Twin Lake Estates, with the one closest to Twin Lake Estates listed first.
- Breakstone Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Breakstone Village is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Breakstone Village
- East Trussville ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- East Trussville is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Trussville
- Roper
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Roper is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roper
- Leeds
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Cahaba Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Cahaba Village is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cahaba Village
- Lola City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Lola City is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lola City
- Scott City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Scott City is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scott City
- Trussville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Ayres
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Ayres is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ayres
- Clay
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Cedar Grove ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Cedar Grove is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
- McCombs
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- McCombs is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCombs
- Alton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Shelby County
- The following are listed by their distance from Twin Lake Estates, with the one closest to Twin Lake Estates listed first.
- Dunnavant
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Dunnavant is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunnavant
- Vandiver
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Dunavant
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Dunavant is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunavant
- Sterrett
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Calcis
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Calcis is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calcis
- Shoal Creek
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Shoal Creek is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoal Creek
- Bridgeton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Bridgeton is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgeton
- Westover
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Westover is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westover
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,769 people
- Lake Purdy
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Lake Purdy is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Purdy
- Harpersville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Inverness
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Inverness is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inverness
- Meadowbrook
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Meadowbrook is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowbrook
- Chelsea
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Talladega County
- The following are listed by their distance from Twin Lake Estates, with the one closest to Twin Lake Estates listed first.
- Colony
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Colony is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colony
- Logan Martin Dam
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Logan Martin Dam is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan Martin Dam
- East Bend
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- East Bend is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Bend
- Windsong Island
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Windsong Island is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windsong Island
- Lincoln
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Nottingham ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Nottingham is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nottingham
- Former name for Nottingham:
- Jones Camp Ground
- Alpine
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Childersburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Talladega
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Winterboro
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Winterboro is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winterboro
- Bon Air
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Bon Air is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bon Air
- Population from the 2020 Census: 109 people
- Rendalia
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Rendalia is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rendalia
- Abihka ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Abihka is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abihka
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Twin Lake Estates, see our County-by-County Page for Twin Lake Estates.
Cemeteries Near Twin Lake Estates ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Twin Lake Estates.
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 Twin Lake Estates - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Twin Lake Estates covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Twin Lake Estates, with the one closest to Twin Lake Estates listed first.
- Moody Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moody Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Moody Cemetery is located outside and to the southeast of Moody.
- Branchville Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Austin Olds Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Macedonia Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Cedar Grove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Hollis Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Shiloh Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Stewarts Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Argo Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Liberty Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Low Gap Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Henry Ellen Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (298 more) ...
- Sand Ridge Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Trussville Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trussville Cemetery
- The Trussville Cemetery has also been known as:
- Cahawba Baptist Cemetery
- First Baptist Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #26737 <2>
- Mt. Nebo Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
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 Twin Lake Estates in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Twin Lake Estates.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Twin Lake Estates, with the one closest to Twin Lake Estates listed first.
- Moody
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- 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 <1>
- Brompton
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Brompton is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brompton
- Cook's Springs
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Cook's Springs is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cook's Springs
- Argo
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Argo is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,278 people
- Odenville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Branchville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Branchville is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branchville
- Leeds
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Dunnavant
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Dunnavant is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunnavant
- Wolf Creek
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Wolf Creek is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf Creek
- Woodward
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Woodward is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodward
- Trussville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- McCombs
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- McCombs is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCombs
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Eden
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Eden is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eden
- Ayres
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Ayres is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ayres
- Clay
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Twin Lake Estates. See our List of 1890's Communities around Twin Lake Estates.
Newspapers Published in Twin Lake Estates ...
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 23 newspapers that have been published in the area around Twin Lake Estates.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Twin Lake Estates, there are papers which were published within 10 miles [16.1 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Twin Lake Estates.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Twin Lake Estates:
- Websites specific to Alabama
- Pages specific to Saint Clair County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Blount County
- Calhoun County
- Etowah County
- Jefferson County
- Shelby County
- Talladega 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 Twin Lake Estates, 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- Twin Lake Estates) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |