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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Timmons Springs. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Timmons Springs to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Timmons Springs, 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 Timmons 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 Timmons 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 Timmons 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.
- A typical abbreviation for Timmons Springs: Timmons Spgs. (or less commonly used: Timmons Spngs. or Timmons Sprngs.)
- While the name of this community is Timmons Springs, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<2>. So Timmons Springs may originally have been Timmon's Springs.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Timmons Springs might be written as Timmon 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 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 Timmons Springs is historic, it would have been located within present day Calhoun 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 Calhoun County: Cherokee, Cleburne, Etowah, Saint Clair & Talladega.
Below are the counties that are near Timmons Springs. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Timmons Springs:
- Calhoun County (The home county of Timmons Springs)
- The following are listed by their distance from Timmons Springs, with the one closest to Timmons Springs listed first.
- Beasley ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Beasley is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beasley
- Ohatchee
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Cane Creek ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Cane Creek is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cane Creek
- Chigger Ridge ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Chigger Ridge is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chigger Ridge
- Grayton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Grayton is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grayton
- Morrisville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Morrisville is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrisville
- Clark ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Clark is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clark
- Boozer ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Boozer is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boozer
- Macon
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Macon is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macon
- Peaceburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Peaceburg is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peaceburg
- Bera ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Bera is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bera
- Cochran Springs
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Cochran Springs is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cochran Springs
- Bruner ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Bruner is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruner
- Blount County
- The following are listed by their distance from Timmons Springs, with the one closest to Timmons Springs listed first.
- Straight Mountain
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Straight Mountain is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Straight Mountain
- Appalachian
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Appalachian is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Appalachian
- Highland Lake
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Highland Lake is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 410 people
- Taits Gap
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Taits Gap is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taits Gap
- Bird ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Bird is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bird
- Hoods Crossroads
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Hoods Crossroads is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoods Crossroads
- Oneonta
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Allgood
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Allgood is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allgood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 638 people
- Cherokee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Timmons Springs, with the one closest to Timmons Springs listed first.
- Ball Flat
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Ball Flat is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ball Flat
- Ricks ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Ricks is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ricks
- Spring Garden
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Spring Garden is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Garden
- Clay County
- The following are listed by their distance from Timmons Springs, with the one closest to Timmons Springs listed first.
- Elder
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Elder is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elder
- Erin
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Erin is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erin
- Haynes Crossroad
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Haynes Crossroad is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haynes Crossroad
- Delta
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Cleburne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Timmons Springs, with the one closest to Timmons Springs listed first.
- Abel
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Abel is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abel
- Heflin
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Hollis Crossroads
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Hollis Crossroads is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollis Crossroads
- Grantley
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Grantley is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grantley
- Edwardsville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Edwardsville is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edwardsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 201 people
- Etowah County
- The following are listed by their distance from Timmons Springs, with the one closest to Timmons Springs listed first.
- Brannon Springs ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Brannon Springs is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brannon Springs
- Markton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Markton is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Markton
- Pilgrims Rest
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Pilgrims Rest is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilgrims Rest
- Cobb City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Cobb City is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobb City
- Glencoe
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Rainbow City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Burns Park
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Burns Park is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burns Park
- Attalla
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- East Gadsden
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- East Gadsden is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Gadsden
- Gadsden
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Alabama City
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Alabama City is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alabama City
- Hokes Bluff
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Bennettsville ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Bennettsville is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bennettsville
- Saint Clair County
- The following are listed by their distance from Timmons Springs, with the one closest to Timmons Springs listed first.
- Ragland
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Riverside
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Coal City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Coal City is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal City
- Ashville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Steele
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Seddon
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Seddon is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seddon
- Wattsville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Wattsville is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wattsville
- Whitney Junction
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Whitney Junction is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitney Junction
- Avondale Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Avondale Village is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avondale Village
- Glen City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Glen City is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen City
- Pell City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Cropwell
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Branchville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Branchville is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branchville
- Talladega County
- The following are listed by their distance from Timmons Springs, with the one closest to Timmons Springs listed first.
- Coldwater
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Coldwater is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coldwater
- Lincoln
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Silver Run
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Silver Run is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Run
- Grant Town
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Grant Town is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant Town
- Munford
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Colony
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Colony is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colony
- McElderry
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- McElderry is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McElderry
- Kentuck
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Kentuck is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kentuck
- Windsong Island
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Windsong Island is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windsong Island
- Ironaton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Ironaton is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ironaton
- Talladega
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Waldo
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Waldo is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waldo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 272 people
- Chandler Springs
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Chandler Springs is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chandler Springs
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Timmons Springs, see our County-by-County Page for Timmons Springs.
Cemeteries Near Timmons Springs ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Timmons 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 Timmons Springs - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Timmons Springs covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Timmons Springs, with the one closest to Timmons Springs listed first.
- Middleton Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Ragan Chapel Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Ten Island Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Ohatchee Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Hampton Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Crooks Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Green Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- New Bethel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- New Mt. Sellers Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Gladden Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Green Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Creswell Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Continue List (279 more) ...
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Hebron Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Anniston Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
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.
While we didn't find Timmons Springs in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Timmons Springs.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Timmons Springs, with the one closest to Timmons Springs listed first.
- Francis
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Francis is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Francis
- Cane Creek ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Cane Creek is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cane Creek
- Ohatchee
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Morrisville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Morrisville is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrisville
- Ottery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Ottery is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ottery
- Grayton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Grayton is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grayton
- Macon
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Macon is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macon
- Bera ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Bera is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bera
- Peaceburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Peaceburg is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peaceburg
- Bruner ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Bruner is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruner
- Alexandria
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Hebron ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Hebron is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hebron
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Peek's Hill ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Peek's Hill is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peek's Hill
- Leatherwood
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Leatherwood is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leatherwood
- Markton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Markton is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Markton
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Timmons Springs. See our List of 1890's Communities around Timmons Springs.
Newspapers Published in Timmons 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 50 newspapers that have been published in the area around Timmons Springs.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Timmons Springs, there are papers which were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Timmons 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 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 Timmons Springs:
- Websites specific to Alabama
- Pages specific to Calhoun County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Blount County
- Cherokee County
- Clay County
- Cleburne County
- Etowah County
- Saint Clair County
- Talladega 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 Timmons Springs, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties). |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 from Point A (ie- Timmons Springs) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |