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 Sprague (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 Sprague. 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.
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.
Sprague is located in Montgomery 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 Montgomery County: Autauga, Bullock, Crenshaw, Elmore, Lowndes, Macon & Pike.
Below are the counties that are near Sprague. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Sprague:
- Montgomery County (The home county of Sprague)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sprague, with the one closest to Sprague listed first.
- Ada
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Ada is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ada
- Red Level
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Red Level is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Level
- Pintlala
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Pintlala is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pintlala
- Former name for Pintlala:
- Colquitt
- Ramer
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hope Hull
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Grady
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Lapine
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Lapine is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lapine
- English Village
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- English Village is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for English Village
- Pike Road
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Pine Level
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Pine Level is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Level
- Young Forte Village
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Young Forte Village is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Young Forte Village
- Center Point
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Center Point is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Point
- Autauga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sprague, with the one closest to Sprague listed first.
- Prattville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Millbrook
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Melmar
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Melmar is located in Autauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melmar
- Autaugaville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Autaugaville is located in Autauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Autaugaville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 882 people
- Booth
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Booth is located in Autauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Booth
- Bullock County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sprague, with the one closest to Sprague listed first.
- Mitchell
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Mitchell is located in Bullock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchell
- Fitzpatrick
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Fitzpatrick is located in Bullock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fitzpatrick
- Postoak
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Postoak is located in Bullock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Postoak
- Butler County
- Greenville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Crenshaw County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sprague, with the one closest to Sprague listed first.
- Highland Home
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Petrey
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Petrey is located in Crenshaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petrey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 57 people
- Honoraville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Honoraville is located in Crenshaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Honoraville
- Vernledge
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Vernledge is located in Crenshaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernledge
- Rutledge
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Rutledge is located in Crenshaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rutledge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 449 people
- Vidette
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Vidette is located in Crenshaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vidette
- Cherokee Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Cherokee Village is located in Crenshaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherokee Village
- Luverne
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Social Town
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Social Town is located in Crenshaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Social Town
- Elmore County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sprague, with the one closest to Sprague listed first.
- Fusihatchi ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Fusihatchi is located in Elmore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fusihatchi
- Prattville Junction
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Prattville Junction is located in Elmore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prattville Junction
- Blue Ridge
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Blue Ridge is located in Elmore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Ridge
- Coosada
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Ware
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Ware is located in Elmore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ware
- Robinson Springs
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Robinson Springs is located in Elmore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinson Springs
- Elmore
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Wetumpka
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Lowndes County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sprague, with the one closest to Sprague listed first.
- Davenport
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Davenport is located in Lowndes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davenport
- Letohatchee
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Letohatchee is located in Lowndes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Letohatchee
- Sandy Ridge
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Sandy Ridge is located in Lowndes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Ridge
- Hayneville
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Burkville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Burkville is located in Lowndes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burkville
- Fort Deposit
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Lowndesboro
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Mosses
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Mosses is located in Lowndes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mosses
- Population from the 2020 Census: 893 people
- Gordonville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Gordonville is located in Lowndes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordonville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 251 people
- White Hall
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- White Hall is located in Lowndes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Hall
- Population from the 2020 Census: 737 people
- Macon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sprague, with the one closest to Sprague listed first.
- Tysonville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Tysonville is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tysonville
- Hardaway
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Hardaway is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardaway
- Shorter
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Calebee
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Calebee is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calebee
- La Place
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- La Place is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Place
- Pike County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sprague, with the one closest to Sprague listed first.
- Kent
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Kent is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kent
- Ansley
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Ansley is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ansley
- Orion
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Orion is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orion
- Wingard
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Wingard is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wingard
- Meeksville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Meeksville is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meeksville
- Youngblood
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Youngblood is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Youngblood
- Needmore
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Needmore is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Needmore
- McClure Town
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- McClure Town is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McClure Town
- Linwood
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Linwood is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linwood
- Hallsville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Hallsville is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hallsville
- Saco
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Saco is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saco
- Troy
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Sprague, see our County-by-County Page for Sprague.
Cemeteries Near Sprague ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Sprague.
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 Sprague - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Sprague covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Sprague, with the one closest to Sprague listed first.
- Sprague Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Jackson Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Underwood Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Bell Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Sharp Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Sankey Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Chesser Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Orme Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Ganey Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Woodland Hills Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Kennedy Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Ball Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Continue List (318 more) ...
- New Center Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Bethany Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
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 Sprague in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Sprague.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Sprague, with the one closest to Sprague listed first.
- Ada
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Ada is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ada
- Le Grand
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Le Grand is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Le Grand
- Fleta
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Fleta is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fleta
- Sellers
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Sellers is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sellers
- Tharin
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Tharin is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tharin
- Strata
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Strata is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strata
- Ramer
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Snowdoun
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Snowdoun is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snowdoun
- Mount Carmel
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Carmel is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Carmel
- Naftel
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Naftel is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Naftel
- Meadville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Meadville is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadville
- Grady
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Hope Hull
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Lapine
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Lapine is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lapine
- McGehee's
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- McGehee's is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGehee's
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Sprague. See our List of 1890's Communities around Sprague.
Newspapers Published in Sprague ...
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 1 newspapers that have been published in the area around Sprague.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Sprague, there are papers which were published within 7 miles [11.3 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Sprague.
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 Sprague:
- Websites specific to Alabama
- Pages specific to Montgomery County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Autauga County
- Bullock County
- Butler County
- Crenshaw County
- Elmore County
- Lowndes County
- Macon County
- Pike 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 Sprague, 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Sprague) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |