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 Spring Creek (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 Spring Creek. 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 Spring Creek ...
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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Spring Creek: Spring Crk. (or less commonly used: Spring Ck. or Spring Cr.)
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Spring Creek. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Spring Creek.
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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.
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 north 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.
Spring Creek is located in Benton 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 Benton County: Carroll, Madison, Washington, Barry (MO), McDonald (MO), Adair (OK) & Delaware (OK).
Below are the counties that are near Spring Creek. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Spring Creek:
- Benton County (The home county of Spring Creek)
- The following are listed by their distance from Spring Creek, with the one closest to Spring Creek listed first.
- Bethel Heights
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Bethel Heights is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel Heights
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,970 people
- Lowell
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Cave Springs
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Cave Springs is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cave Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,737 people
- Rogers
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Silver Springs ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Silver Springs is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Springs
- Highfill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Highfill is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highfill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 916 people
- Bentonville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Prairie Creek
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Prairie Creek is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Creek
- Centerton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Mason Valley
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Mason Valley is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mason Valley
- Little Flock
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Little Flock is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Flock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,812 people
- Logan
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Logan is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan
- Puckett ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Puckett is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Puckett
- Carroll County
- The following are listed by their distance from Spring Creek, with the one closest to Spring Creek listed first.
- Mundell ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Mundell is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mundell
- Beaver
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Eureka Springs
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Winona Springs ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Winona Springs is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winona Springs
- Gaskins ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Gaskins is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gaskins
- Madison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Spring Creek, with the one closest to Spring Creek listed first.
- Whitener
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Whitener is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitener
- Hindsville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Wesley
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Wesley is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wesley
- Georgetown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Georgetown is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgetown
- Thompson
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Thompson is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompson
- Huntsville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Crosses
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Crosses is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crosses
- Japton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Japton is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Japton
- Delaney
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Delaney is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delaney
- Washington County
- The following are listed by their distance from Spring Creek, with the one closest to Spring Creek listed first.
- Elm Springs
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Springdale
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Tontitown
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Johnson
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Johnson is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,771 people
- Wheeler
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Wheeler is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheeler
- Sonora
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Sonora is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sonora
- Blue Springs Village
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Blue Springs Village is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Springs Village
- War Eagle Cove
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- War Eagle Cove is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for War Eagle Cove
- Fayetteville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Farmington
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Fayette Junction
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Fayette Junction is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fayette Junction
- Goshen
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Spring Valley
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Spring Valley is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
- Barry County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Spring Creek, with the one closest to Spring Creek listed first.
- Seligman
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Seligman is located in Barry County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seligman
- Population from the 2020 Census: 835 people
- Washburn
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- McDonald County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Spring Creek, with the one closest to Spring Creek listed first.
- Jane
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Jane is located in McDonald County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jane
- Population from the 2020 Census: 311 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jane <1>
- Pineville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Powell
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Powell is located in McDonald County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powell
- Noel
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Noel is located in McDonald County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noel
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,808 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Noel <1>
- Ginger Blue
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Ginger Blue is located in McDonald County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ginger Blue
- Population from the 2020 Census: 54 people
- Lanagan
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Wylie
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Wylie is located in McDonald County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wylie
- South West City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Adair County (OK)
- The following are listed by their distance from Spring Creek, with the one closest to Spring Creek listed first.
- Watts
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Watts Community
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Watts Community is located in Adair County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watts Community
- Ballard
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Ballard is located in Adair County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ballard
- Westville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Chance
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Chance is located in Adair County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chance
- Addielee
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Addielee is located in Adair County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Addielee
- Delaware County (OK)
- The following are listed by their distance from Spring Creek, with the one closest to Spring Creek listed first.
- West Siloam Springs
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Dripping Springs
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Dripping Springs is located in Delaware County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dripping Springs
- Beckwith
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Beckwith is located in Delaware County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beckwith
- Colcord
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Flint Creek
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Flint Creek is located in Delaware County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint Creek
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Spring Creek, see our County-by-County Page for Spring Creek.
Cemeteries Near Spring Creek ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Spring Creek.
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 Spring Creek - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Spring Creek covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Spring Creek, with the one closest to Spring Creek listed first.
- Spring Creek Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Sharp Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Silent Grove Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Goad Springs Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Mt. Hebron Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Forest Park Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Baptist Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- St. Joseph Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Holcomb Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Bluff Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Bluff Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Springdale.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #53120 <2>
- Pleasant Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Derrick - Robbins Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Derrick - Robbins Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Derrick - Robbins Cemetery is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<3> to the southwest of Cave Springs.
- The Derrick - Robbins Cemetery has also been known as:
- Colonel Myers Farm Cemetery
- Old Robbins Farm Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2551713 <2>
- Continue List (288 more) ...
- Phillips Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- McDaniel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Phillips Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
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.<4>
While we didn't find Spring Creek in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Spring Creek.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Spring Creek, with the one closest to Spring Creek listed first.
- Elm Springs
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Colville ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Colville is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colville
- Lowell
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Cannon ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Cannon is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannon
- Springdale
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Osage Mills
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Osage Mills is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osage Mills
- Wager ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Wager is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wager
- Johnson
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Johnson is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,771 people
- Wheeler
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Wheeler is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheeler
- Creech
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Creech is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creech
- Silver Springs ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Silver Springs is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Springs
- Rogers
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Robinson
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Robinson is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinson
- Key ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Key is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Key
- Bentonville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Spring Creek. See our List of 1890's Communities around Spring Creek.
Newspapers Published in Spring Creek ...
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 92 newspapers that have been published in the area around Spring Creek.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Spring Creek, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Spring Creek.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Spring Creek:
- Websites specific to Arkansas
- Pages specific to Benton County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Carroll County
- Madison County
- Washington County
- Barry County
- McDonald County
- Adair County
- Delaware County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Arkansas
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> | 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. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Spring Creek) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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 Spring Creek, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |