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 Cave Springs (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 Cave Springs. 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 Cave Springs ...
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 Cave Springs: Cave Spgs. (or less commonly used: Cave Spngs. or Cave Sprngs.)
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Cave Springs. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Cave Springs.
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 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.
Cave Springs is located in Morgan 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 Morgan County: Cullman, Lawrence, Limestone, Madison, Marshall & Winston.
Below are the counties that are near Cave Springs. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Cave Springs:
- Morgan County (The home county of Cave Springs)
- The following are listed by their distance from Cave Springs, with the one closest to Cave Springs listed first.
- Priceville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Bluff City ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Bluff City is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff City
- Burningtree Mountain
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Burningtree Mountain is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burningtree Mountain
- Somerville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Somerville is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somerville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 782 people
- Winton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Winton is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winton
- Flint City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Flint City is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint City
- Decatur
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Decatur is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Decatur
- Population from the 2020 Census: 54,381 people
- Former names for Decatur:
- Albany
- New Decatur
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Decatur <1>
- Hartselle
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Russell Village
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Russell Village is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russell Village
- Simpson
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Simpson is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simpson
- Austinville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Austinville is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austinville
- Moulton Heights
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Moulton Heights is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moulton Heights
- Colbert County
- Garner ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Garner is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garner
- Cullman County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cave Springs, with the one closest to Cave Springs listed first.
- South Vinemont
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- South Vinemont is located in Cullman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Vinemont
- Population from the 2020 Census: 636 people
- Vinemont
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- West Point
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- West Point is located in Cullman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Point
- Population from the 2020 Census: 604 people
- Fairview
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Fairview is located in Cullman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
- Population from the 2020 Census: 463 people
- Central
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Central is located in Cullman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central
- Simcoe
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Simcoe is located in Cullman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simcoe
- Baileyton
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Joppa
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Berlin
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Berlin is located in Cullman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berlin
- Cullman
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- East Point
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- East Point is located in Cullman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Point
- Jones' Chapel
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Jones' Chapel is located in Cullman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones' Chapel
- Jackson County
- Paint Rock
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Paint Rock is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paint Rock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 196 people
- Lauderdale County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cave Springs, with the one closest to Cave Springs listed first.
- Dells Vista Shores
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Dells Vista Shores is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dells Vista Shores
- Confluence
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Confluence is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Confluence
- Lawrence County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cave Springs, with the one closest to Cave Springs listed first.
- Oakville
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Oakville is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakville
- Hillsboro
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Chalybeate Springs
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Chalybeate Springs is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalybeate Springs
- Mountain Home
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Mountain Home is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Home
- Moulton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Wren
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Wren is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wren
- Courtland
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- North Courtland
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- North Courtland is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Courtland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 621 people
- Muck City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Muck City is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muck City
- Limestone County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cave Springs, with the one closest to Cave Springs listed first.
- Westlake
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Westlake is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westlake
- Mooresville
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Swancott
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Swancott is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swancott
- Belle Mina
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Belle Mina is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Mina
- Harris Station
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Harris Station is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris Station
- Orrville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Orrville is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orrville
- Tanner
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Capshaw
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Capshaw is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capshaw
- Country Village
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Country Village is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Country Village
- Fairmount
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Fairmount is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairmount
- Athens
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Center Hill
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Center Hill is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Hill
- Madison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cave Springs, with the one closest to Cave Springs listed first.
- Triana
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Triana is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Triana
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,327 people
- Slaughter Landing ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Slaughter Landing is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slaughter Landing
- Slaughter Landing has also been known as:
- Slaughter Ferry
- Madison
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- English Village
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- English Village is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for English Village
- Whitesburg
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Whitesburg is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitesburg
- Chelsea
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Chelsea is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chelsea
- Rideout Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Rideout Village is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rideout Village
- Monrovia
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Monrovia is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monrovia
- Huntsville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Jeff
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Jeff is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeff
- Greenwycke Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Greenwycke Village is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwycke Village
- Lincoln
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Lincoln is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln
- Marshall County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cave Springs, with the one closest to Cave Springs listed first.
- Ruth
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Ruth is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruth
- Hog Jaw
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Hog Jaw is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hog Jaw
- Pine Lake Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Pine Lake Village is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Lake Village
- Union Grove
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Arab
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Friendship
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Friendship is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship
- Ferns Quarter ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Ferns Quarter is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferns Quarter
- Grassy
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Grassy is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grassy
- Scant City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Scant City is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scant City
- Askea Grove
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Askea Grove is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Askea Grove
- Fort Deposit ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Fort Deposit is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Deposit
- Warrenton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Warrenton is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warrenton
- Winston County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cave Springs, with the one closest to Cave Springs listed first.
- Upshaw
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Upshaw is located in Winston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upshaw
- Addison
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Cave Springs, see our County-by-County Page for Cave Springs.
Cemeteries Near Cave Springs ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Cave Springs.
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 Cave Springs - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Cave Springs covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Cave Springs, with the one closest to Cave Springs listed first.
- Collier Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Ratliff Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Sand Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Price Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Wright Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Meyer Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Burning Tree Memorial Gardens
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Rountree Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Shoal Creek Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Troup Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Kolb Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- New Hope Cumberland Presbyterian Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (919 more) ...
- Hunley Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Bishop Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Walnut Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
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 Cave Springs in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Cave Springs.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Cave Springs, with the one closest to Cave Springs listed first.
- Priceville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Mooresville
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Somerville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Somerville is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somerville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 782 people
- Swancott
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Swancott is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swancott
- Triana
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Triana is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Triana
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,327 people
- Hartselle
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Talucah
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Talucah is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talucah
- Greenbrier
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Greenbrier is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenbrier
- Decatur Junction
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Decatur Junction is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Decatur Junction
- Decatur
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Decatur is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Decatur
- Population from the 2020 Census: 54,381 people
- Former names for Decatur:
- Albany
- New Decatur
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Decatur <1>
- Simpson
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Simpson is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simpson
- Stringer
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Stringer is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stringer
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Valhermoso Springs
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Woodland Mills
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Woodland Mills is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland Mills
- Harris Station
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Harris Station is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris Station
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Cave Springs. See our List of 1890's Communities around Cave Springs.
Newspapers Published in Cave Springs ...
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 20 newspapers that have been published in the area around Cave Springs.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Cave Springs, there are papers which were published within 12 miles [19.3 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Cave Springs.
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 websites either 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 Cave Springs:
- Websites specific to Alabama
- Pages specific to Morgan County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Colbert County
- Cullman County
- Jackson County
- Lauderdale County
- Lawrence County
- Limestone County
- Madison County
- Marshall County
- Winston 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 Cave Springs, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Cave Springs) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |