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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Sand Spring. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Sand Spring to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Sand Spring, please Contact Us.
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 Sand Spring (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 Sand Spring. 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 Sand Spring ...
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 Sand Spring: Sand Spg. (or less commonly used: Sand Spng. or Sand Sprng.)
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Sand Spring. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Sand Spring.
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.
Although our information shows that the community of Sand Spring is historic, it would have been located within present day Limestone 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 Limestone County: Lauderdale, Lawrence, Madison, Morgan, Giles (TN) & Lincoln (TN).
Below are the counties that are near Sand Spring. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Sand Spring:
- Limestone County (The home county of Sand Spring)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sand Spring, with the one closest to Sand Spring listed first.
- Caro
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Caro is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caro
- Wooley Springs ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Wooley Springs is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wooley Springs
- Ardmore
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Estaville ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Estaville is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Estaville
- Center Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Center Hill is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Hill
- Pettusville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Pettusville is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pettusville
- Elkmont
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Hay's Mill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Hay's Mill is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hay's Mill
- Fairmount
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Fairmount is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairmount
- Capshaw
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Capshaw is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capshaw
- Country Village
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Country Village is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Country Village
- Athens
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Colbert County
- Garner ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Garner is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garner
- Lauderdale County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sand Spring, with the one closest to Sand Spring listed first.
- Bethel
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Bethel is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel
- Confluence
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Confluence is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Confluence
- Anderson
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Anderson is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 268 people
- Estep ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Estep is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Estep
- Cedar Hill
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Cedar Hill is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Hill
- Rogersville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Rogersville is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogersville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,293 people
- Former name for Rogersville:
- Rodgersville
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rogersville <2>
- Dells Vista Shores
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Dells Vista Shores is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dells Vista Shores
- Corum ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Corum is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corum
- Lexington
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Lawrence County
- Hillsboro
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Madison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sand Spring, with the one closest to Sand Spring listed first.
- Toney
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Harvest
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Madison Crossroads
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Madison Crossroads is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madison Crossroads
- Elkwood
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Elkwood is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkwood
- Jeff
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Jeff is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeff
- Monrovia
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Monrovia is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monrovia
- Hazel Green
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Rideout Village
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Rideout Village is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rideout Village
- Meridianville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Madison
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Normal
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Key's Mill
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Key's Mill is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Key's Mill
- Morgan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sand Spring, with the one closest to Sand Spring listed first.
- Decatur
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- 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 <2>
- Simpson
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Simpson is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simpson
- Moulton Heights
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Moulton Heights is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moulton Heights
- Austinville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Austinville is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austinville
- Trinity
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Bluff City ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Bluff City is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff City
- Russell Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Russell Village is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russell Village
- Priceville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Burningtree Mountain
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Burningtree Mountain is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burningtree Mountain
- Flint City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Flint City is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint City
- Winton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Winton is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winton
- Lacey's Spring
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Giles County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sand Spring, with the one closest to Sand Spring listed first.
- Ardmore
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Elkmont Springs
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Elkmont Springs is located in Giles County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkmont Springs
- Dickson Town
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Dickson Town is located in Giles County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dickson Town
- Elkton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Elkton is located in Giles County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 522 people
- Wheelerton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Wheelerton is located in Giles County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheelerton
- Prospect
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Stella
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Stella is located in Giles County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stella
- Aymett Town
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Aymett Town is located in Giles County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aymett Town
- Bradshaw ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Bradshaw is located in Giles County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradshaw
- Frankewing
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Pisgah
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Pisgah is located in Giles County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pisgah
- Green Field
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Green Field is located in Giles County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Field
- Lawrence County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sand Spring, with the one closest to Sand Spring listed first.
- Appleton
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Appleton is located in Lawrence County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Appleton
- Fall River
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Fall River is located in Lawrence County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fall River
- Lincoln County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sand Spring, with the one closest to Sand Spring listed first.
- Cash Point
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Cash Point is located in Lincoln County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cash Point
- Dellrose
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Coldwater
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Coldwater is located in Lincoln County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coldwater
- Camargo
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Camargo is located in Lincoln County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camargo
- Molino
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Molino is located in Lincoln County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Molino
- Goshen ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Goshen is located in Lincoln County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goshen
- Pearl City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Pearl City is located in Lincoln County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearl City
- Park City Heights
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Park City Heights is located in Lincoln County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park City Heights
- Population from the 2010 Census: 2,442 people
- Harms
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Harms is located in Lincoln County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harms
- Park City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Park City is located in Lincoln County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park City
- Howell Hill
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Howell Hill is located in Lincoln County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howell Hill
- Boonshill
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Boonshill is located in Lincoln County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boonshill
- Marshall County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sand Spring, with the one closest to Sand Spring listed first.
- Delina
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Delina is located in Marshall County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delina
- Cornersville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Sand Spring, see our County-by-County Page for Sand Spring.
Cemeteries Near Sand Spring ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Sand Spring.
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 Sand Spring - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Sand Spring covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Sand Spring, with the one closest to Sand Spring listed first.
- German Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Milhouse Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Jones Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Hardin Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Hatchett Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Johnson Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Concord Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Mitchell Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Mitchell Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Adams - Crutcher Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Motes Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Cylone Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (1239 more) ...
- Sylone Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Reunion Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Slave 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.
Sand Spring itself is historic and was described in the Rand McNally Atlas as having a population of 28 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Sand Spring, with the one closest to Sand Spring listed first.
- Caro
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Caro is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caro
- Wooley Springs ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Wooley Springs is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wooley Springs
- Estaville ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Estaville is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Estaville
- Elkmont Springs
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Elkmont Springs is located in Giles County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkmont Springs
- Pettusville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Pettusville is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pettusville
- Hay's Mill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Hay's Mill is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hay's Mill
- Madison Crossroads
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Madison Crossroads is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madison Crossroads
- Cash Point
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Cash Point is located in Lincoln County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cash Point
- Elkmont
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Cluttsville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Cluttsville is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cluttsville
- Elkton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Elkton is located in Giles County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 522 people
- Jeff
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Jeff is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeff
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- Blanche
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Blanche is located in Lincoln County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanche
- Veto
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Veto is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Veto
- Athens
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Sand Spring. See our List of 1890's Communities around Sand Spring.
Newspapers Published in Sand Spring ...
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 26 newspapers that have been published in the area around Sand Spring.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Sand Spring, there are papers which were published within 10 miles [16.1 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Sand Spring.
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 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 Sand Spring:
- Websites specific to Alabama
- Pages specific to Limestone County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Colbert County
- Lauderdale County
- Lawrence County
- Madison County
- Morgan County
- Giles County
- Lawrence County
- Lincoln County
- Marshall County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Alabama
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Sand Spring, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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> | 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- Sand Spring) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |