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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 Alachua County.

To see how the shape of Florida's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Alachua County: Bradford, Clay, Columbia, Gilchrist, Levy, Marion, Putnam & Union.

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:

  • Alachua 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.
    • Alachua
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Burnetts Lake
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Burnetts Lake is located in Alachua County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnetts Lake
    • High Springs
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • La Crosse
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Hague
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Hague is located in Alachua County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hague
    • Jonesville
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Rutledge
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Rutledge is located in Alachua County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rutledge
    • Newberry
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Arredondo
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Arredondo is located in Alachua County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arredondo
    • Gainesville
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Archer
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • Waldo
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
  • Baker County
  • Bradford County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Spring Hill, with the one closest to Spring Hill listed first.
    • Brooker
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Graham
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Hampton
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • Starke
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
  • Clay County
    • Keystone Heights
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
  • Columbia County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Spring Hill, with the one closest to Spring Hill listed first.
    • Fort White
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Lulu
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • McColskey
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • McColskey is located in Columbia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McColskey
    • Lake City
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Watertown
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Watertown is located in Columbia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watertown
    • Five Points
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Five Points is located in Columbia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
  • Dixie County
    • Suwanee Old Town ‑ Historic
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Suwanee Old Town is located in Dixie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suwanee Old Town
  • Gilchrist County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Spring Hill, with the one closest to Spring Hill listed first.
    • Waters Lake
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Waters Lake is located in Gilchrist County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waters Lake
    • Bell
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Bell is located in Gilchrist County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 510 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bell <1>
    • Little Lake City
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Little Lake City is located in Gilchrist County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Lake City
    • Trenton
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • Fanning Springs
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Levy County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Spring Hill, with the one closest to Spring Hill listed first.
    • Meredith
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Meredith is located in Levy County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meredith
    • East Bronson
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • East Bronson is located in Levy County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Bronson
    • Bronson
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
    • Raleigh
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Raleigh is located in Levy County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raleigh
    • Andrews
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Andrews is located in Levy County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andrews
  • Suwannee County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Spring Hill, with the one closest to Spring Hill listed first.
    • Branford
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
    • O'Brien
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Union County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Spring Hill, with the one closest to Spring Hill listed first.
    • Worthington Springs
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Lake Butler
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Raiford
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)

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.

  • Asberry Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Pine Hills Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Spring Hill Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Cathcart Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Newnansville Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Damascus Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • New Oak Grove Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • High Springs Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Old Thomas Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • New Hope Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Mt. Nebo Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • St. Johns Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Continue List   (162 more) ...
    • Richard Family Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Nobel Hill Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Forest Grove Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)

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.<2>

While we didn't find Spring Hill in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Spring Hill.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Spring Hill, with the one closest to Spring Hill listed first.

  • Alachua
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Newnansville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Newnansville is located in Alachua County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newnansville
  • High Springs
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Hague
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Hague is located in Alachua County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hague
  • La Crosse
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Mikesville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Mikesville is located in Columbia County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mikesville
  • Jonesville
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Rutledge
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Rutledge is located in Alachua County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rutledge
  • Fort White
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Paradise
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Paradise is located in Alachua County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise
  • Arredondo
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Arredondo is located in Alachua County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arredondo
  • Gainesville
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (16 more) ...
    • Fairbanks
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Fairbanks is located in Alachua County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairbanks
    • Lake Butler
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • New River
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • New River is located in Bradford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New River

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 90 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 25 miles [40.2 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Spring Hill.

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 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:

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>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.
<3>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 drawn from Point A (ie- Spring Hill) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.