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 Plada 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 Plada 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 Plada 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 Plada Heights: Plada 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and 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.
Plada Heights is located in Lincoln County.
To see how the shape of Tennessee's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Lincoln County: Limestone (AL), Madison (AL), Bedford, Franklin, Giles, Marshall & Moore.
Below are the counties that are near Plada Heights. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Plada Heights:
- Lincoln County (The home county of Plada Heights)
- The following are listed by their distance from Plada Heights, with the one closest to Plada Heights listed first.
- Park City
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Park City is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park City
- Park City Heights
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Park City Heights is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park City Heights
- Population from the 2010 Census: 2,442 people
- Howell Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Howell Hill is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howell Hill
- Goshen ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Goshen is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goshen
- Camargo
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Camargo is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camargo
- Clarks Ferry
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Clarks Ferry is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarks Ferry
- Estimated population in 2014: 387 people
- Corder Crossroads
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Corder Crossroads is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corder Crossroads
- Fayetteville
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Elk Mill Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Elk Mill Village is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Mill Village
- Molino
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Molino is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Molino
- Harms
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Harms is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harms
- Flintville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Flintville is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flintville
- Population from the 2010 Census: 627 people
- Pearl City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Pearl City is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearl City
- Bedford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Plada Heights, with the one closest to Plada Heights listed first.
- Whitaker
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Whitaker is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitaker
- Raus
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Raus is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raus
- Palmetto
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Palmetto is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmetto
- Estimated population in 2014: 661 people
- Shelbyville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Willow Grove
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Willow Grove is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Grove
- Coffee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Plada Heights, with the one closest to Plada Heights listed first.
- Southgate Park
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Southgate Park is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southgate Park
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,284 people
- Tullahoma
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Homaway Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Homaway Village is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homaway Village
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Plada Heights, with the one closest to Plada Heights listed first.
- Lexie
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Lexie is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lexie
- Huntland
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Garner Ford
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Garner Ford is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garner Ford
- Estimated population in 2014: 309 people
- Beans Creek
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Beans Creek is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beans Creek
- Winchester Springs
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Winchester Springs is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winchester Springs
- Liberty
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Liberty is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- Estimated population in 2014: 318 people
- Winchester
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Estill Springs
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Decherd
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Sal City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Sal City is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sal City
- Giles County
- The following are listed by their distance from Plada Heights, with the one closest to Plada Heights listed first.
- Wheelerton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Wheelerton is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheelerton
- Ardmore
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Dickson Town
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Dickson Town is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dickson Town
- Elkmont Springs
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Elkmont Springs is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkmont Springs
- Bradshaw ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Bradshaw is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradshaw
- Frankewing
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Elkton
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Elkton is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 522 people
- Pisgah
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Pisgah is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pisgah
- Trigg
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Trigg is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trigg
- Estimated population in 2014: 851 people
- Aymett Town
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Aymett Town is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aymett Town
- Prospect
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Powell Chapel
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Powell Chapel is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powell Chapel
- Pulaski
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Marshall County
- The following are listed by their distance from Plada Heights, with the one closest to Plada Heights listed first.
- Delina
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Delina is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delina
- Talley
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Talley is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talley
- Yell
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Yell is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yell
- Belfast
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Belfast is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belfast
- Orrs
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Orrs is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orrs
- Estimated population in 2014: 123 people
- Cornersville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- New Town
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- New Town is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Town
- Oak Hill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Oak Hill is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Hill
- Cochran
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Cochran is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cochran
- Lewisburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Globe
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Globe is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Globe
- Moore County
- The following are listed by their distance from Plada Heights, with the one closest to Plada Heights listed first.
- Lynchburg
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Countyline
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Countyline is located in Moore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Countyline
- Ridgeville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Ridgeville is located in Moore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeville
- Colbert County (AL)
- Garner ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Garner is located in Colbert County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garner
- Jackson County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Plada Heights, with the one closest to Plada Heights listed first.
- Francisco
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Francisco is located in Jackson County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Francisco
- Princeton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Princeton is located in Jackson County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Princeton
- Beachboro ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Beachboro is located in Jackson County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beachboro
- Estillfork
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Estillfork is located in Jackson County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Estillfork
- Hollytree
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Hollytree is located in Jackson County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollytree
- Greerton ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Greerton is located in Jackson County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greerton
- Baileytown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Baileytown is located in Jackson County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baileytown
- Trenton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Hytop
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Hytop is located in Jackson County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hytop
- Population from the 2020 Census: 412 people
- Skyline
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Skyline is located in Jackson County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skyline
- Population from the 2020 Census: 835 people
- Limestone County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Plada Heights, with the one closest to Plada Heights listed first.
- Caro
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Caro is located in Limestone County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caro
- Ardmore
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Wooley Springs ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Wooley Springs is located in Limestone County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wooley Springs
- Estaville ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Estaville is located in Limestone County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Estaville
- Center Hill
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Center Hill is located in Limestone County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Hill
- Pettusville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Pettusville is located in Limestone County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pettusville
- Capshaw
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Capshaw is located in Limestone County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capshaw
- Elkmont
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Fairmount
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Fairmount is located in Limestone County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairmount
- Hay's Mill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Hay's Mill is located in Limestone County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hay's Mill
- Country Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Country Village is located in Limestone County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Country Village
- Athens
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Athens is located in Limestone County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Athens
- Population from the 2020 Census: 28,643 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Athens <1>
- Clifton ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Clifton is located in Limestone County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton
- Madison County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Plada Heights, with the one closest to Plada Heights listed first.
- Hazel Green
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Key's Mill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Key's Mill is located in Madison County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Key's Mill
- Elkwood
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Elkwood is located in Madison County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkwood
- Hillsboro
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Hillsboro is located in Madison County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsboro
- New Market
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Madison Crossroads
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Madison Crossroads is located in Madison County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madison Crossroads
- Meridianville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Moore's Mill
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Moore's Mill is located in Madison County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moore's Mill
- Toney
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Harvest
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Chase
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Chase is located in Madison County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chase
- Country Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Country Village is located in Madison County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Country Village
- Jeff
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Jeff is located in Madison County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeff
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Plada Heights, see our County-by-County Page for Plada Heights.
Cemeteries Near Plada Heights ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Plada 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 Plada Heights - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Plada Heights covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Plada Heights, with the one closest to Plada Heights listed first.
- Prospect Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Rowland Hill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Stewart Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Smith Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Wells Hill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Pleasant Grove Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Towry Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Davis Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- McGee - McCartney Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Routt - Wells Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Beard Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Smith Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Continue List (1442 more) ...
- Harris Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Hanks Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Moyers Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 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.<2>
While we didn't find Plada Heights in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Plada Heights.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Plada Heights, with the one closest to Plada Heights listed first.
- Goshen ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Goshen is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goshen
- Camargo
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Camargo is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camargo
- Fayetteville
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Lincoln
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Lincoln is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln
- Kelso
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Molino
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Molino is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Molino
- Fisk
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Fisk is located in Madison County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fisk
- Brighton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Brighton is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brighton
- Harms
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Harms is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harms
- Flintville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Flintville is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flintville
- Population from the 2010 Census: 627 people
- Key's Mill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Key's Mill is located in Madison County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Key's Mill
- Coldwater
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Coldwater is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coldwater
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Blanche
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Blanche is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanche
- Smithland
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Smithland is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smithland
- Howell
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Howell is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howell
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Plada Heights. See our List of 1890's Communities around Plada Heights.
Newspapers Published in Plada 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 30 newspapers that have been published in the area around Plada Heights.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Plada Heights, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Plada 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 Plada Heights:
- Websites specific to Tennessee
- Pages specific to Lincoln County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bedford County
- Coffee County
- Franklin County
- Giles County
- Marshall County
- Moore County
- Colbert County
- Jackson County
- Limestone County
- Madison County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Tennessee
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> | 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 Plada Heights, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Plada Heights) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |