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 Forest 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 Forest 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 Forest 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.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Forest Heights: Forest Hts. (in Canada, 'Hgts.' is the more common abbreviation.)
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Forest Heights. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Forest 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 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.
Forest Heights is located in Clarke County.
To see how the shape of Georgia's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Clarke County: Barrow, Jackson, Madison, Oconee & Oglethorpe.
Below are the counties that are near Forest Heights. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Forest Heights:
- Clarke County (The home county of Forest Heights)
- The following are listed by their distance from Forest Heights, with the one closest to Forest Heights listed first.
- Jefferson Valley
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Jefferson Valley is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson Valley
- Estimated population in 2019: 939 people
- Riverside
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Riverside is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
- Estimated population in 2016: 35 people
- Pine Lake
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Pine Lake is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Lake
- Estimated population in 2019: 754 people
- Athens
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Cleveland Station
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Cleveland Station is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cleveland Station
- Estimated population in 2019: 4,165 people
- Lexington Heights
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Lexington Heights is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lexington Heights
- Estimated population in 2019: 228 people
- Cedar Shoals Estates
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Cedar Shoals Estates is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Shoals Estates
- Population from the 2010 Census: 74 people
- Chamberlin
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Chamberlin is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chamberlin
- Estimated population in 2019: 30,307 people
- Winterville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Banks County
- The following are listed by their distance from Forest Heights, with the one closest to Forest Heights listed first.
- Maysville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Homer
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Barrow County
- The following are listed by their distance from Forest Heights, with the one closest to Forest Heights listed first.
- Statham
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Russell
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Russell is located in Barrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russell
- Bethlehem
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Winder
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Carl
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Carl is located in Barrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carl
- Population from the 2020 Census: 245 people
- Auburn
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Elbert County
- The following are listed by their distance from Forest Heights, with the one closest to Forest Heights listed first.
- Bowman
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Harper
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Harper is located in Elbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harper
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Forest Heights, with the one closest to Forest Heights listed first.
- Cromers
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Cromers is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cromers
- Population from the 2010 Census: 639 people
- Plainview
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Plainview is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainview
- Franklin Springs
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Royston
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Carnesville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Greene County
- The following are listed by their distance from Forest Heights, with the one closest to Forest Heights listed first.
- Scull Shoals ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Scull Shoals is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scull Shoals
- Woodville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Woodville is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 397 people
- Greensboro
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Durham Town
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Durham Town is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durham Town
- Gwinnett County
- The following are listed by their distance from Forest Heights, with the one closest to Forest Heights listed first.
- Dacula
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Robin Ridge
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Robin Ridge is located in Gwinnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robin Ridge
- Population from the 2010 Census: 1,170 people
- Loganville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Grayson
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Hall County
- The following are listed by their distance from Forest Heights, with the one closest to Forest Heights listed first.
- Klondike
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Klondike is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Klondike
- Sugar Hill
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Sugar Hill is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Hill
- Candler
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Candler is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Candler
- Jarrett
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Jarrett is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jarrett
- Chestnut Mountain
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Gillsville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Blackshear Place
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Blackshear Place is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackshear Place
- Estimated population in 2019: 3,527 people
- Jackson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Forest Heights, with the one closest to Forest Heights listed first.
- Attica
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Attica is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Attica
- Talasee ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Talasee is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talasee
- Estimated population in 2019: 848 people
- Arcade
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Arcade is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcade
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,040 people
- Nicholson
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Jefferson
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Commerce
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Dry Pond
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Dry Pond is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dry Pond
- Estimated population in 2019: 15,881 people
- Pendergrass
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Braselton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Hoschton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Holly Springs
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Holly Springs is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Springs
- Talmo
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Madison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Forest Heights, with the one closest to Forest Heights listed first.
- Hull
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Patterson
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Patterson is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patterson
- Estimated population in 2019: 755 people
- Planter
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Planter is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Planter
- Colbert
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Danielsville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Ila
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Comer
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Dalton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Dalton is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dalton
- Estimated population in 2019: 33,665 people
- Shiloh
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Shiloh is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh
- Carlton
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Madison Springs
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Madison Springs is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madison Springs
- Estimated population in 2019: 4,210 people
- Former name for Madison Springs:
- Alexanderville
- Harrison
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Harrison is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrison
- Estimated population in 2019: 442 people
- Morgan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Forest Heights, with the one closest to Forest Heights listed first.
- Bostwick
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Braswell
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Braswell is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braswell
- Estimated population in 2019: 383 people
- Madison
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Smyrna
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Smyrna is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smyrna
- Rutledge
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Buckhead
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Newton County
- Hub Junction
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Hub Junction is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hub Junction
- Oconee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Forest Heights, with the one closest to Forest Heights listed first.
- Overlook Village
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Overlook Village is located in Oconee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Overlook Village
- Spartan Lane
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Spartan Lane is located in Oconee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spartan Lane
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,230 people
- Bogart
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Osceola Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Osceola Village is located in Oconee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osceola Village
- Marshall Estates
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Marshall Estates is located in Oconee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshall Estates
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,227 people
- Watkinsville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Eastville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Eastville is located in Oconee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastville
- Cumberland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Cumberland is located in Oconee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumberland
- Estimated population in 2019: 6,547 people
- Bishop
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- North High Shoals
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- North High Shoals is located in Oconee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North High Shoals
- Population from the 2020 Census: 736 people
- High Shoals
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Farmington
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Oglethorpe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Forest Heights, with the one closest to Forest Heights listed first.
- Arnoldsville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Cherokee Corner ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Cherokee Corner is located in Oglethorpe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherokee Corner
- Crawford
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Lexington
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Stephens
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Maxeys
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Veribest
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Veribest is located in Oglethorpe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Veribest
- Estimated population in 2019: 124 people
- Palmetto
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Palmetto is located in Oglethorpe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmetto
- Walton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Forest Heights, with the one closest to Forest Heights listed first.
- Mount Vernon
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Vernon is located in Walton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Vernon
- Good Hope
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Campton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Campton is located in Walton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campton
- Monroe
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Nicholasville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Nicholasville is located in Walton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nicholasville
- Estimated population in 2019: 3,333 people
- Whitney
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Whitney is located in Walton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitney
- Between
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Between is located in Walton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Between
- Population from the 2020 Census: 386 people
- Split Silk
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Split Silk is located in Walton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Split Silk
- Jersey
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Social Circle
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Youth
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Youth is located in Walton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Youth
- Walnut Grove
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Walnut Grove is located in Walton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Grove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,367 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Forest Heights, see our County-by-County Page for Forest Heights.
Cemeteries Near Forest Heights ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Forest 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 Forest Heights - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Forest Heights covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Forest Heights, with the one closest to Forest Heights listed first.
- Evergreen Memorial Park
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Brown - Powers Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Mars Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Robinson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Oconee Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oconee Hill Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Oconee Hill Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located in Athens.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #35965 <3>
- East Lawn Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Springfield Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Malcolm Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Bates Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Williams Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Attica Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Continue List (511 more) ...
- Mizpah Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Arnold Family Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Union Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 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.<4>
While we didn't find Forest Heights in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Forest Heights.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Forest Heights, with the one closest to Forest Heights listed first.
- Athens
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Eastville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Eastville is located in Oconee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastville
- Watkinsville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Talasee ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Talasee is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talasee
- Estimated population in 2019: 848 people
- Clarksboro
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Clarksboro is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarksboro
- Center
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Center is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center
- Winterville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Bishop
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- High Shoals
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Dunlap
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Dunlap is located in Oglethorpe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunlap
- Dowdy ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Dowdy is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dowdy
- Nicholson
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Rehoboth ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Rehoboth is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rehoboth
- Farmington
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Planter
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Planter is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Planter
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Forest Heights. See our List of 1890's Communities around Forest Heights.
Newspapers Published in Forest 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 84 newspapers that have been published in the area around Forest Heights.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Forest Heights, there are papers which were published within 6 miles [9.7 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Forest Heights.
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 professional and volunteer 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 Forest Heights:
- Websites specific to Georgia
- Pages specific to Clarke County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Banks County
- Barrow County
- Elbert County
- Franklin County
- Greene County
- Gwinnett County
- Hall County
- Jackson County
- Madison County
- Morgan County
- Newton County
- Oconee County
- Oglethorpe County
- Walton County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Georgia
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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Forest Heights) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Forest Heights, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |