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 Lane 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 Lane 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 Lane 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.
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 Lane Springs: Lane Spgs. (or less commonly used: Lane Spngs. or Lane Sprngs.)
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.
Lane Springs is located in Colbert 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 Colbert County: Franklin, Lauderdale, Lawrence & Tishomingo (MS).
Below are the counties that are near Lane Springs. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Lane Springs:
- Colbert County (The home county of Lane Springs)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lane Springs, with the one closest to Lane Springs listed first.
- Doubleheads Village ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Doubleheads Village is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doubleheads Village
- Ingleton ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Ingleton is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingleton
- Crows Camp ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Crows Camp is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crows Camp
- Cherokee
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Caryton ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Caryton is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caryton
- Chickasaw ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Chickasaw is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chickasaw
- Riverton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Riverton is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverton
- Gatesville ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Gatesville is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gatesville
- Red Rock
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Red Rock is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Rock
- Bishop
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Bishop is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bishop
- Good Springs ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Good Springs is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Good Springs
- Furnace Hill ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Furnace Hill is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Furnace Hill
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lane Springs, with the one closest to Lane Springs listed first.
- Pleasant Site
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Pleasant Site is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Site
- Slickrock Ford ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Slickrock Ford is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slickrock Ford
- Belgreen
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Belgreen is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belgreen
- Burntout
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Burntout is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burntout
- Burntout has also been known as:
- Burn Out
- Burnout
- Burnt Out
- Russellville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Red Bay
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Rockwood
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Rockwood is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockwood
- Lauderdale County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lane Springs, with the one closest to Lane Springs listed first.
- Waterloo
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Green Tree ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Green Tree is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Tree
- Threet
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Threet is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Threet
- McGee Town
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- McGee Town is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGee Town
- Cloverdale
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Cloverdale is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverdale
- Cypress Creek
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Cypress Creek is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cypress Creek
- Haddock ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Haddock is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haddock
- Canaan ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Canaan is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canaan
- Florence
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Jacksonburg
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Jacksonburg is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacksonburg
- Mars Hill
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Mars Hill is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mars Hill
- Zip City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Zip City is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zip City
- Alcorn County (MS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lane Springs, with the one closest to Lane Springs listed first.
- Glen
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Glen is located in Alcorn County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen
- Population from the 2020 Census: 406 people
- Glens
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Glens is located in Alcorn County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glens
- Jacinto
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Jacinto is located in Alcorn County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacinto
- Farmington
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Farmington is located in Alcorn County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,160 people
- Searcy Town
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Searcy Town is located in Alcorn County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Searcy Town
- Prentiss County (MS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lane Springs, with the one closest to Lane Springs listed first.
- Burton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Burton is located in Prentiss County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burton
- Altitude
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Altitude is located in Prentiss County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altitude
- New Site
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- New Site is located in Prentiss County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Site
- Tishomingo County (MS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lane Springs, with the one closest to Lane Springs listed first.
- Oldham
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Oldham is located in Tishomingo County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oldham
- Iuka
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Iuka is located in Tishomingo County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iuka
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,928 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Iuka <1>
- Short
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Short is located in Tishomingo County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Short
- Midway
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Midway is located in Tishomingo County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
- Paden
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Paden is located in Tishomingo County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paden
- Population from the 2020 Census: 112 people
- Tishomingo
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Burnsville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Holcut
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Holcut is located in Tishomingo County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holcut
- Dennis
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Dennis is located in Tishomingo County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dennis
- Belmont
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Golden
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Hardin County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lane Springs, with the one closest to Lane Springs listed first.
- Walnut Grove ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Walnut Grove is located in Hardin County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Grove
- Lowryville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Lowryville is located in Hardin County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowryville
- Gibbs ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Gibbs is located in Hardin County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibbs
- Bruton Branch
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Bruton Branch is located in Hardin County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruton Branch
- White Sulphur ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- White Sulphur is located in Hardin County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Sulphur
- Slab Town ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Slab Town is located in Hardin County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slab Town
- Pyburn
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Pyburn is located in Hardin County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pyburn
- Nash Landing
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Nash Landing is located in Hardin County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nash Landing
- Nixon
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Nixon is located in Hardin County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nixon
- Estimated population in 2014: 718 people
- Hamburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Hamburg is located in Hardin County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamburg
- Pittsburg Landing Ferry
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Pittsburg Landing Ferry is located in Hardin County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittsburg Landing Ferry
- Estimated population in 2014: 555 people
- Belle Meade
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Belle Meade is located in Hardin County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Meade
- Estimated population in 2014: 3,017 people
- Lawrence County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lane Springs, with the one closest to Lane Springs listed first.
- Iron City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Iron City is located in Lawrence County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron City
- Saint Joseph
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- McNairy County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lane Springs, with the one closest to Lane Springs listed first.
- Tulu
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Tulu is located in McNairy County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tulu
- Estimated population in 2014: 18,899 people
- Michie
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Wayne County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lane Springs, with the one closest to Lane Springs listed first.
- Cypress Inn
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Cypress Inn is located in Wayne County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cypress Inn
- Whittens Stand ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Whittens Stand is located in Wayne County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whittens Stand
- Lutts
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Collinwood
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Collinwood is located in Wayne County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collinwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 932 people
- Corning ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Corning is located in Wayne County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corning
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,210 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Lane Springs, see our County-by-County Page for Lane Springs.
Cemeteries Near Lane Springs ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Lane 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 Lane Springs - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Lane Springs covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Lane Springs, with the one closest to Lane Springs listed first.
- Lane Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Burnstown Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Pride Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Athens City Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Davis Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Malone Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Johnson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Garrett Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Cherokee Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Smith Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Cherokee Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Thompson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (678 more) ...
- Perkins Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Rutland Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Douthit Cemetery
(5 miles [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 Lane Springs in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Lane Springs.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Lane Springs, with the one closest to Lane Springs listed first.
- Ingleton ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Ingleton is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingleton
- Cherokee
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Gravelly Springs
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Gravelly Springs is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravelly Springs
- Wright
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Wright is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wright
- Margerum
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Margerum is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Margerum
- Smithsonia
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Smithsonia is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smithsonia
- Rhodesville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Rhodesville is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rhodesville
- Riverton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Riverton is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverton
- Waterloo
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Barton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Barton is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barton
- Mountain Mills ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Mountain Mills is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Mills
- Oakland
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Oakland is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Kendell ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Kendell is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kendell
- Stout
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Stout is located in Wayne County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stout
- Iuka
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Iuka is located in Tishomingo County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iuka
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,928 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Iuka <1>
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Lane Springs. See our List of 1890's Communities around Lane Springs.
Newspapers Published in Lane 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 27 newspapers that have been published in the area around Lane Springs.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Lane Springs, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Lane Springs.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Lane Springs:
- Websites specific to Alabama
- Pages specific to Colbert County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Franklin County
- Lauderdale County
- Alcorn County
- Prentiss County
- Tishomingo County
- Hardin County
- Lawrence County
- McNairy County
- Wayne 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> | 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 Lane Springs, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Lane Springs) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |