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 Hill (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 Hill. 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 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.
Spring Hill is located in Tolland County .
To see how the shape of Connecticut's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries .
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Tolland County : Hartford , New London , Windham , Hampden (MA) & Worcester (MA) .
Below are the counties that are near Spring Hill. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Spring Hill:
Tolland County (The home county of Spring Hill)
The following are listed by their distance from Spring Hill, with the one closest to Spring Hill listed first.
Mansfield (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
Gurleyville (Less than 2 miles to the north)
Gurleyville is located in Tolland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gurleyville Mansfield City (Less than 2 miles to the south)
Mansfield City is located in Tolland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mansfield City Atwoodville (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
Atwoodville is located in Tolland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atwoodville Storrs (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
Mansfield Center (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
Eagleville (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
Eagleville is located in Tolland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagleville Mount Hope (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
Mount Hope is located in Tolland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Hope Conantville (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
Conantville is located in Tolland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conantville Coventry (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
Mansfield Depot (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
South Coventry (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
South Coventry is located in Tolland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Coventry Coventry Lake (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
Coventry Lake is located in Tolland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coventry Lake Hartford County
The following are listed by their distance from Spring Hill, with the one closest to Spring Hill listed first.
Lydallville (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
Lydallville is located in Hartford County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lydallville Manchester Green (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
Manchester Green is located in Hartford County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manchester Green Manchester (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
Manchester is located in Hartford County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manchester Population from the 2020 Census: 57,362 people
Manchester (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
Marlborough (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
Terramuggus (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
Terramuggus is located in Hartford County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terramuggus Buckingham (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
Buckingham is located in Hartford County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckingham Windsorville (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
Windsorville is located in Hartford County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windsorville Glastonbury (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
Glastonbury is located in Hartford County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glastonbury Population from the 2020 Census: 34,426 people
Marlborough (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
Marlborough is located in Hartford County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marlborough Population from the 2020 Census: 6,303 people
East Glastonbury (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
Oxford Village (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
Oxford Village is located in Hartford County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxford Village Wapping (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
Wapping is located in Hartford County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wapping Middlesex County
The following are listed by their distance from Spring Hill, with the one closest to Spring Hill listed first.
Lake Pocotopaug (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
Lake Pocotopaug is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Pocotopaug East Hampton (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
East Hampton is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Hampton Population from the 2020 Census: 12,747 people
East Hampton (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
Crowley Corner (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
Crowley Corner is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crowley Corner East Haddam (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
East Haddam is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Haddam Population from the 2020 Census: 8,956 people
Moodus (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
Portland (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
Portland is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portland Population from the 2020 Census: 9,213 people
Cobalt (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
Johnsonville ‑ Historic(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
Johnsonville is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnsonville Johnsonville has also been known as:
Johnsonville Village Middle Haddam (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
Gildersleeve (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
Gildersleeve is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gildersleeve Little Haddam (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
Little Haddam is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Haddam Cromwell (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
Cromwell is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cromwell Population from the 2020 Census: 13,772 people
New London County
The following are listed by their distance from Spring Hill, with the one closest to Spring Hill listed first.
Liberty Hill (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
Liberty Hill is located in New London County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Hill Williams Crossing (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
Williams Crossing is located in New London County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams Crossing Lebanon (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
Lebanon is located in New London County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lebanon Population from the 2020 Census: 7,112 people
Lebanon (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
North Franklin (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
Franklin (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
Franklin is located in New London County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin Population from the 2020 Census: 1,914 people
Franklin (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
Hanover (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
Baltic (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
Sprague (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
Sprague is located in New London County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sprague Population from the 2020 Census: 2,851 people
Gilman (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
Colchester (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
Occum (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
Occum is located in New London County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Occum Windham County
The following are listed by their distance from Spring Hill, with the one closest to Spring Hill listed first.
North Windham (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
Chaplin (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
Chaplin is located in Windham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chaplin Population from the 2020 Census: 2,232 people
Chaplin (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
West Ashford (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
West Ashford is located in Windham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Ashford Willimantic (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
Warrenville (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
Warrenville is located in Windham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warrenville Windham (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
Windham is located in Windham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windham Population from the 2020 Census: 24,463 people
Windham (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
Ashford (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
Ashford is located in Windham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashford Population from the 2020 Census: 4,246 people
Ashford (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
South Windham (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
Hampton (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
Hampton is located in Windham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hampton Population from the 2020 Census: 1,841 people
Hampton (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
Hampden County (MA)
The following are listed by their distance from Spring Hill, with the one closest to Spring Hill listed first.
State Line (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
State Line is located in Hampden County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for State Line Holland (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
Holland is located in Hampden County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holland Population from the 2020 Census: 2,469 people
Wales (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
Wales is located in Hampden County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wales Population from the 2020 Census: 1,862 people
South Factory Village (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
South Factory Village is located in Hampden County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Factory Village Baptist Village (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
Baptist Village is located in Hampden County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baptist Village Hampden (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
Hampden is located in Hampden County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hampden Population from the 2020 Census: 5,154 people
Monson (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
Monson is located in Hampden County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monson Population from the 2020 Census: 8,750 people
Brimfield (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
Brimfield is located in Hampden County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brimfield Population from the 2020 Census: 3,679 people
East Longmeadow (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
East Longmeadow is located in Hampden County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Longmeadow Population from the 2020 Census: 16,093 people
Tenneyville (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
Tenneyville is located in Hampden County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tenneyville Longmeadow (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
Longmeadow is located in Hampden County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longmeadow Population from the 2020 Census: 15,624 people
Wilbraham (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
Wilbraham is located in Hampden County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilbraham Population from the 2020 Census: 14,670 people
Palmer (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
Palmer is located in Hampden County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmer Population from the 2020 Census: 12,174 people
Hampshire County (MA)
Bondsville (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
Bondsville is located in Hampshire County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bondsville Worcester County (MA)
The following are listed by their distance from Spring Hill, with the one closest to Spring Hill listed first.
Globe Village (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
Globe Village is located in Worcester County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Globe Village Southbridge (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
Southbridge is located in Worcester County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southbridge Population from the 2020 Census: 16,788 people
Fiskdale (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
Fiskdale is located in Worcester County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fiskdale Old Sturbridge Village (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
Old Sturbridge Village is located in Worcester County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Sturbridge Village Sturbridge (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
Sturbridge is located in Worcester County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sturbridge Population from the 2020 Census: 9,561 people
Dudley (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
Dudley is located in Worcester County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dudley Population from the 2020 Census: 11,663 people
Merino Village ‑ Historic(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
Merino Village is located in Worcester County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merino Village Tufts Village ‑ Historic(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
Tufts Village is located in Worcester County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tufts Village Webster (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
Webster is located in Worcester County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webster Population from the 2020 Census: 16,822 people
Webster has also been known as:
Lake Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg East Village (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
East Village is located in Worcester County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Village Charlton City (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
Charlton City is located in Worcester County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charlton City Charlton (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
Charlton is located in Worcester County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charlton Population from the 2020 Census: 13,698 people
West Oxford (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
West Oxford is located in Worcester County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Oxford Kent County (RI)
The following are listed by their distance from Spring Hill, with the one closest to Spring Hill listed first.
Rice City (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
Rice City is located in Kent County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rice City Greene (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
Greene is located in Kent County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greene Coventry (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
Coventry is located in Kent County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coventry Population from the 2020 Census: 34,931 people
Gortons Corner (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
Gortons Corner is located in Kent County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gortons Corner Providence County (RI)
The following are listed by their distance from Spring Hill, with the one closest to Spring Hill listed first.
West Glocester (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
West Glocester is located in Providence County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Glocester Foster (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
Foster is located in Providence County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foster Foster (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
Foster is located in Providence County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foster Population from the 2020 Census: 4,747 people
Simmons Corner (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
Simmons Corner is located in Providence County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simmons Corner Burrillville (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
Burrillville is located in Providence County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burrillville Population from the 2020 Census: 16,810 people
Chopmist (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
Chopmist is located in Providence County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chopmist Clayville (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
Clayville is located in Providence County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clayville Chepachet (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
Chepachet is located in Providence County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chepachet Rockland ‑ Historic(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
Rockland is located in Providence County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockland Pascoag (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
Pascoag is located in Providence County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pascoag Richmond ‑ Historic(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
Richmond is located in Providence County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond Scituate (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
Scituate is located in Providence County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scituate Population from the 2020 Census: 10,727 people
Harrisville (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
Harrisville is located in Providence County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrisville Washington County (RI)
The following are listed by their distance from Spring Hill, with the one closest to Spring Hill listed first.
Lewis City (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
Lewis City is located in Washington County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewis City Moscow (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
Moscow is located in Washington County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moscow
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Spring Hill, see our County-by-County Page for Spring Hill .
Cemeteries Near Spring Hill ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Spring Hill.
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 Hill - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Spring Hill covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Spring Hill, with the one closest to Spring Hill listed first.
Hillside Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
Atwoodville Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
Old Storrs Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
Bedlam Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
Mt. Hope Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
Wormwood Hill Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
Gurley Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
Nathan Hale Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
New Willimantic Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
St. Joseph Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
North Windham Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
South Chaplin Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
Continue List (586 more) ...
Chaplin Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
Russ Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
Chewink Cemetery (5 miles [8 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.<3>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Spring Hill had a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Spring Hill, with the one closest to Spring Hill listed first.
Mansfield City (Less than 2 miles to the south)
Mansfield City is located in Tolland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mansfield City Gurleyville (Less than 2 miles to the north)
Gurleyville is located in Tolland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gurleyville Mansfield Center (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
Atwoodville (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
Atwoodville is located in Tolland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atwoodville Storrs (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
Eagleville (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
Eagleville is located in Tolland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagleville Mount Hope (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
Mount Hope is located in Tolland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Hope Coventry (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
South Coventry (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
South Coventry is located in Tolland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Coventry North Windham (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
Mansfield Depot (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
Willimantic (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
Continue List (14 more) ...
Chaplin (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
West Ashford (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
West Ashford is located in Windham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Ashford Merrow (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
Merrow is located in Tolland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrow
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Spring Hill. See our List of 1890's Communities around Spring Hill .
Newspapers Published in Spring Hill ...
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 81 newspapers that have been published in the area around Spring Hill.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Spring Hill, there are papers which were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<4> Extended Newspaper List for Spring Hill.
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 Spring Hill:
Websites specific to Connecticut Pages specific to Tolland County Genealogy information for nearby counties
Hartford County Middlesex County New London County Windham County Hampden County Hampshire County Worcester County Kent County Providence County Washington County Cemetery Information and Directories for Connecticut Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Spring Hill. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page .
The official website for State of Connecticut: https://portal.ct.gov/
Footnotes ...
<1> While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. 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 . 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 Hill, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Spring Hill) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.