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 Ravenden 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 Ravenden 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 Ravenden 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 have occurred.
Past names for Ravenden Springs include: Dream Town and Jane's Store.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Ravenden Springs: Ravenden Spgs. (or less commonly used: Ravenden Spngs. or Ravenden 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 doctors and hospitals 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.
Below are the counties that are near Ravenden Springs. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Ravenden Springs:
Randolph County (The home county of Ravenden Springs)
The following are listed by their distance from Ravenden Springs, with the one closest to Ravenden Springs listed first.
Lima (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Lima. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Elevenpoint. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
Water Valley ‑ Historic (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Water Valley. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Spring Creek. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Elm Store. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
The following are listed by their distance from Ravenden Springs, with the one closest to Ravenden Springs listed first.
Current View (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Current View. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
The following are listed by their distance from Ravenden Springs, with the one closest to Ravenden Springs listed first.
Baker Ford (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Baker Ford. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Annieville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Maxville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Ravenden 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.
If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).
To give a relative sense of its location, the Janes Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located less than 2 miles<4> to the north of Ravenden Springs.
Be careful not to confuse this cemetery with another one that is also named Janes Cemetery (located 65 miles to the north).
Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Wells Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
To give a relative sense of its location, the Wells Cemetery is located
Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Wyatt Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
To give a relative sense of its location, the Wyatt Cemetery is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<4> to the north of Ravenden Springs.
Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Bennett Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
To give a relative sense of its location, the Bennett Cemetery is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<4> to the west of Ravenden Springs.
Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Brown Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
To give a relative sense of its location, the Brown Cemetery is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<4> to the southwest of Ravenden Springs.
Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bradford Chapel Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Groves Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
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.<6>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Ravenden Springs had a post office and no railroad service. In 2020, Ravenden Springs had a population of 119 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Ravenden Springs, with the one closest to Ravenden Springs listed first.
Kingsville ‑ Historic (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kingsville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
Water Valley ‑ Historic (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Water Valley. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Annieville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Elm Store. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
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 52 newspapers that have been published in the area around Ravenden Springs.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Ravenden Springs. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Ravenden Springs and those printed in the larger area surrounding Ravenden Springs.
An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<4> of Ravenden 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 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 Ravenden Springs:
An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
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The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
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Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Ravenden Springs) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Ravenden Springs. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.3166, Longitude: -91.2250
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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.
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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 Ravenden Springs, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.