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 Forrest 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 Forrest 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 Forrest 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 Forrest Heights: Forrest Hts. (in Canada, 'Hgts.' is the more common abbreviation.)
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 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.
Forrest Heights is located in Floyd 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 Floyd County: Cherokee (AL), Bartow, Chattooga, Gordon, Polk & Walker.
Below are the counties that are near Forrest Heights. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Forrest Heights:
- Floyd County (The home county of Forrest Heights)
- The following are listed by their distance from Forrest Heights, with the one closest to Forrest Heights listed first.
- Rosemont Park
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Rosemont Park is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosemont Park
- Atlanta Junction
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Atlanta Junction is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atlanta Junction
- Silver Creek
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Lindale
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Chiaha ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Chiaha is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chiaha
- Estimated population in 2019: 3,256 people
- Rome
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Robealou Acres
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Robealou Acres is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robealou Acres
- Estimated population in 2019: 973 people
- Mount Berry
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Summerville Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Summerville Park is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerville Park
- Estimated population in 2019: 4,243 people
- Dykes ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Dykes is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dykes
- Wax
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Wax is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wax
- Bass Ferry
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Bass Ferry is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bass Ferry
- Brice
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Brice is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brice
- Bartow County
- The following are listed by their distance from Forrest Heights, with the one closest to Forrest Heights listed first.
- Ligon ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Ligon is located in Bartow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ligon
- Estimated population in 2019: 12,810 people
- Kingston
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Taylorsville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Euharlee
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Stilesboro
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Stilesboro is located in Bartow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stilesboro
- Estimated population in 2019: 518 people
- Shellman ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Shellman is located in Bartow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shellman
- Estimated population in 2019: 933 people
- Country Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Country Village is located in Bartow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Country Village
- Adairsville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Cassville
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Rodgers
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Rodgers is located in Bartow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rodgers
- Cartersville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Buena Vista
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Buena Vista is located in Bartow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buena Vista
- Estimated population in 2019: 2,053 people
- Interchange Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Interchange Village is located in Bartow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Interchange Village
- Chattooga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Forrest Heights, with the one closest to Forrest Heights listed first.
- Zula ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Zula is located in Chattooga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zula
- Taliaferro ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Taliaferro is located in Chattooga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taliaferro
- Estimated population in 2019: 71 people
- Chattoogaville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Chattoogaville is located in Chattooga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chattoogaville
- Lyerly
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Berryton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Berryton is located in Chattooga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berryton
- Summerville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Pennville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Pennville is located in Chattooga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennville
- Trion
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Menlo
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Cloudland
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Euthtilloga ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Euthtilloga is located in Chattooga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Euthtilloga
- Population from the 2010 Census: 29,011 people
- Cherokee County
- Payne
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Payne is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Payne
- Cobb County
- The following are listed by their distance from Forrest Heights, with the one closest to Forrest Heights listed first.
- Acworth
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Logan Trace
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Logan Trace is located in Cobb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan Trace
- Estimated population in 2019: 12,880 people
- Mars Hill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Mars Hill is located in Cobb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mars Hill
- Mitchell Hill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Mitchell Hill is located in Cobb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchell Hill
- Estimated population in 2019: 189 people
- Calumet Woods
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Calumet Woods is located in Cobb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calumet Woods
- Population from the 2010 Census: 161 people
- Gordon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Forrest Heights, with the one closest to Forrest Heights listed first.
- Plainville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Calhoun Ferry
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Calhoun Ferry is located in Gordon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calhoun Ferry
- Estimated population in 2019: 17,271 people
- Calhoun
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Farmville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Farmville is located in Gordon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmville
- Sugar Valley
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Sonoraville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Sonoraville is located in Gordon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sonoraville
- Estimated population in 2019: 3,148 people
- Damascus
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Damascus is located in Gordon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Damascus
- New Town
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- New Town is located in Gordon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Town
- Hill City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Hill City is located in Gordon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill City
- Resaca Ferry
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Resaca Ferry is located in Gordon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Resaca Ferry
- Estimated population in 2019: 803 people
- Resaca
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Soapstick
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Soapstick is located in Gordon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Soapstick
- Estimated population in 2019: 4,544 people
- Haralson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Forrest Heights, with the one closest to Forrest Heights listed first.
- Felton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Buchanan
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Tabernacle
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Tabernacle is located in Haralson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tabernacle
- Paulding County
- The following are listed by their distance from Forrest Heights, with the one closest to Forrest Heights listed first.
- Braswell
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Braswell is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braswell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 386 people
- Hanlin
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Hanlin is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanlin
- Population from the 2010 Census: 3,298 people
- Forrister
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Forrister is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forrister
- Estimated population in 2019: 4,130 people
- Dallas
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Country Acres
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Country Acres is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Country Acres
- Population from the 2010 Census: 8,545 people
- New Hope
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- New Hope is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope
- Estimated population in 2019: 262 people
- Home Place Acres
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Home Place Acres is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Home Place Acres
- Estimated population in 2019: 2,350 people
- Polk County
- The following are listed by their distance from Forrest Heights, with the one closest to Forrest Heights listed first.
- Seney
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Seney is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seney
- Estimated population in 2019: 4,412 people
- Aragon
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Cedartown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Grady ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Grady is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grady
- Estimated population in 2019: 290 people
- Rockmart
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Etna
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Etna is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etna
- Estimated population in 2019: 902 people
- Greenway ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Greenway is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenway
- Esom Hill
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Walker County
- Martindale
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Martindale is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martindale
- Population from the 2010 Census: 35,795 people
- Calhoun County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Forrest Heights, with the one closest to Forrest Heights listed first.
- Dailey
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Dailey is located in Calhoun County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dailey
- Goshen ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Goshen is located in Calhoun County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goshen
- Cherokee County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Forrest Heights, with the one closest to Forrest Heights listed first.
- Grantville ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Grantville is located in Cherokee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grantville
- Kirk's Grove
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Kirk's Grove is located in Cherokee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirk's Grove
- Cedar Springs ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Cedar Springs is located in Cherokee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Springs
- Sterling ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Sterling is located in Cherokee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sterling
- Tecumseh
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Tecumseh is located in Cherokee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tecumseh
- Lawrence
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Lawrence is located in Cherokee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrence
- Howells Crossroads
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Howells Crossroads is located in Cherokee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howells Crossroads
- Howells Crossroads has also been known as:
- Howells Cross Roads
- Broomtown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Broomtown is located in Cherokee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broomtown
- Starkville ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Starkville is located in Cherokee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starkville
- Rock Run
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Rock Run is located in Cherokee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Run
- Gaylesville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Noah
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Noah is located in Cherokee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noah
- Ringgold
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Ringgold is located in Cherokee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ringgold
- Cleburne County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Forrest Heights, with the one closest to Forrest Heights listed first.
- Palestine
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Palestine is located in Cleburne County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palestine
- Borden Springs
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Borden Springs is located in Cleburne County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Borden Springs
- Oak Level
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Oak Level is located in Cleburne County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Level
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Forrest Heights, see our County-by-County Page for Forrest Heights.
Cemeteries Near Forrest Heights ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Forrest 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 Forrest Heights - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Forrest Heights covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Forrest Heights, with the one closest to Forrest Heights listed first.
- Silver Creek Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- St. Pauls Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Vanns Valley Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Ware Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Floyd Memory Gardens
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Floyd Memory Gardens
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Floyd Memory Gardens is a large cemetery that is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<2> to the southeast of Rome.
- The Floyd Memory Gardens has also been known as:
- Floyd Memory Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #33974 <3>
- Old Antioch Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Myrtle Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Rodeph Sholom Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Vanns Valley Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Birdsong Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Six Mile Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Bobo Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (479 more) ...
- Shadyside Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Old Seventh Ave. Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- New Bethel 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.<4>
While we didn't find Forrest Heights in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Forrest Heights.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Forrest Heights, with the one closest to Forrest Heights listed first.
- Lindale
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Silver Creek
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- New Rome
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- New Rome is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Rome
- Atlanta Junction
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Atlanta Junction is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atlanta Junction
- Rome
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Reeseburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Reeseburg is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reeseburg
- Chulio
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Chulio is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chulio
- Etowah
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Etowah is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etowah
- Freemans ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Freemans is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freemans
- North Rome
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- North Rome is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Rome
- Cunningham
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Cunningham is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cunningham
- Dykes ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Dykes is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dykes
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Brice
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Brice is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brice
- Bass Ferry
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Bass Ferry is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bass Ferry
- Landers ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Landers is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Landers
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Forrest Heights. See our List of 1890's Communities around Forrest Heights.
Newspapers Published in Forrest 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 47 newspapers that have been published in the area around Forrest Heights.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Forrest Heights, there are papers which were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Forrest Heights.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin 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 Forrest Heights:
- Websites specific to Georgia
- Pages specific to Floyd County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bartow County
- Chattooga County
- Cherokee County
- Cobb County
- Gordon County
- Haralson County
- Paulding County
- Polk County
- Walker County
- Calhoun County
- Cherokee County
- Cleburne 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- Forrest 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 Forrest Heights, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |