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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Cave Spring. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Cave Spring to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Cave 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 Cave 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 Cave 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 Cave 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.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
Another variation: Cavespring.
- A typical abbreviation for Cave Spring: Cave Spg. (or less commonly used: Cave Spng. or Cave Sprng.)
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Cave Spring. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Cave 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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 Cave Spring is historic, it would have been located within present day Carroll County.
To see how the shape of Arkansas' counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Carroll County: Benton, Boone, Madison, Newton, Barry (MO), Stone (MO) & Taney (MO).
Below are the counties that are near Cave Spring. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Cave Spring:
- Carroll County (The home county of Cave Spring)
- The following are listed by their distance from Cave Spring, with the one closest to Cave Spring listed first.
- Metalton
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Metalton is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Metalton
- Rudd
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Rudd is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rudd
- Dryfork
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Dryfork is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dryfork
- Osage
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Osage is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osage
- Winona Springs ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Winona Springs is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winona Springs
- Berryville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Green Forest
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- New Town ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- New Town is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Town
- Urbanette
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Urbanette is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Urbanette
- Eureka Springs
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Oak Grove
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Denver
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Denver is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denver
- Gaskins ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Gaskins is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gaskins
- Benton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cave Spring, with the one closest to Cave Spring listed first.
- War Eagle
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- War Eagle is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for War Eagle
- Lost Bridge Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Lost Bridge Village is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lost Bridge Village
- Clantonville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Clantonville is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clantonville
- Silver Springs ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Silver Springs is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Springs
- Garfield
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Gateway
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Prairie Creek
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Prairie Creek is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Creek
- Puckett ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Puckett is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Puckett
- Avoca
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Avoca is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avoca
- Population from the 2020 Census: 522 people
- Brightwater
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Brightwater is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brightwater
- Bethel Heights
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Bethel Heights is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel Heights
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,970 people
- Boone County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cave Spring, with the one closest to Cave Spring listed first.
- Alpena
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Batavia
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Batavia is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Batavia
- Shaver ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Shaver is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shaver
- Ridgeway
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Ridgeway is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeway
- Burlington
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Burlington is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burlington
- Harrison
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Omaha
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Bellefonte
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Bellefonte is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellefonte
- Population from the 2020 Census: 485 people
- Myrtle
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Myrtle is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myrtle
- Conway County
- Grandview
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Grandview is located in Conway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grandview
- Madison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cave Spring, with the one closest to Cave Spring listed first.
- Marble
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Marble is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marble
- Kingston
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Huntsville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Hindsville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Whitener
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Whitener is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitener
- Witter
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Witter is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Witter
- Georgetown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Georgetown is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgetown
- Japton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Japton is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Japton
- Wesley
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Wesley is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wesley
- Boston
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Boston is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boston
- Dutton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Dutton is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutton
- Pettigrew
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Saint Paul
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Saint Paul is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Paul
- Population from the 2020 Census: 110 people
- Newton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cave Spring, with the one closest to Cave Spring listed first.
- Compton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Ponca
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Boxley
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Boxley is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boxley
- Mossville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Mossville is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mossville
- Murray
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Murray is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murray
- Jasper
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Parthenon
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Swain
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Swain is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swain
- Walnut
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Walnut is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut
- Washington County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cave Spring, with the one closest to Cave Spring listed first.
- Spring Valley
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Spring Valley is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
- Mayfield
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Mayfield is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayfield
- War Eagle Cove
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- War Eagle Cove is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for War Eagle Cove
- Blue Springs Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Blue Springs Village is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Springs Village
- Goshen
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Sonora
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Sonora is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sonora
- Durham
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Durham is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durham
- Elkins
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Harris
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Harris is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris
- Springdale
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Barry County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Cave Spring, with the one closest to Cave Spring listed first.
- Golden
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Arrow Point
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Arrow Point is located in Barry County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arrow Point
- Population from the 2020 Census: 87 people
- Chain-O-Lakes
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Chain-O-Lakes is located in Barry County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chain-O-Lakes
- Population from the 2020 Census: 127 people
- Eagle Rock
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Emerald Beach
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Emerald Beach is located in Barry County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emerald Beach
- Population from the 2020 Census: 244 people
- Shell Knob
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Seligman
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Seligman is located in Barry County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seligman
- Population from the 2020 Census: 835 people
- Stone County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Cave Spring, with the one closest to Cave Spring listed first.
- Blue Eye
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Lampe
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Coney Island
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Coney Island is located in Stone County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coney Island
- Population from the 2020 Census: 76 people
- Marmaros
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Marmaros is located in Stone County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marmaros
- Taney County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Cave Spring, with the one closest to Cave Spring listed first.
- Oasis ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Oasis is located in Taney County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oasis
- Ridgedale
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Cave Spring, see our County-by-County Page for Cave Spring.
Cemeteries Near Cave Spring ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Cave 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 Cave Spring - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Cave Spring covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Cave Spring, with the one closest to Cave Spring listed first.
- Merl Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Dean Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- White Oak Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- McClain Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Pension Mtn. Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Sites Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Gobbler Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Moore Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Alabam Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Parker - Boydston Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Liberty Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Cemetery
- The Liberty Cemetery has also been known as:
- Liberty Church Cemetery
- Liberty United Baptist Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1230578 <3>
- Rule Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (268 more) ...
- Farmer Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Rockhouse Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Chaney Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 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 Cave Spring in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Cave Spring.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Cave Spring, with the one closest to Cave Spring listed first.
- Marble
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Marble is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marble
- Dryfork
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Dryfork is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dryfork
- Rockhouse
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Rockhouse is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockhouse
- Forum
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Forum is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forum
- Dinsmore
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Dinsmore is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dinsmore
- Rule
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Rule is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rule
- Osage
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Osage is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osage
- Winona Springs ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Winona Springs is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winona Springs
- Kingston
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Green Forest
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Berryville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Huntsville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Clifty
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Clifty is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifty
- Carrollton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Carrollton is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carrollton
- Coin
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Coin is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coin
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Cave Spring. See our List of 1890's Communities around Cave Spring.
Newspapers Published in Cave 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 37 newspapers that have been published in the area around Cave Spring.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Cave Spring, there are papers which were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Cave Spring.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer 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 Cave Spring:
- Websites specific to Arkansas
- Pages specific to Carroll County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Benton County
- Boone County
- Conway County
- Madison County
- Newton County
- Washington County
- Barry County
- Stone County
- Taney County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Arkansas
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 Cave 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 '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- Cave Spring) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |