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Introduction ...

So far, we found very little information about McIntyre Spring. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added McIntyre Spring to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with McIntyre 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 McIntyre 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 McIntyre 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 McIntyre 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.

For example, a typical abbreviation for McIntyre Spring: McIntyre Spg. (or less commonly used: McIntyre Spng. or McIntyre Sprng.)

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 hospitals and doctors 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 McIntyre Spring is historic, it would have been located within present day Brooks County.

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

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Brooks County: Jefferson (FL), Madison (FL), Colquitt, Cook, Lowndes & Thomas.

Below are the counties that are near McIntyre Spring. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to McIntyre Spring:

  • Brooks County     (The home county of McIntyre Spring)
    • The following are listed by their distance from McIntyre Spring, with the one closest to McIntyre Spring listed first.
    • Empress
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • Empress is located in Brooks County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Empress
    • Quitman
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Fodie
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Fodie is located in Brooks County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fodie
      • Estimated population in 2019: 5,037 people
    • Dixie
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Morven
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Barney
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • Barwick
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Tallokas ‑ Historic
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Tallokas is located in Brooks County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tallokas
      • Estimated population in 2019: 171 people
  • Cook County
    • Cecil
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
  • Echols County
    • The following are listed by their distance from McIntyre Spring, with the one closest to McIntyre Spring listed first.
    • Statenville
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
    • Howell
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Howell is located in Echols County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howell
    • Potter
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Potter is located in Echols County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potter
      • Estimated population in 2019: 870 people
  • Lanier County
  • Lowndes County
    • The following are listed by their distance from McIntyre Spring, with the one closest to McIntyre Spring listed first.
    • Clyattville
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Lake Park
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Dasher
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Dasher is located in Lowndes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dasher
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,025 people
    • Melrose
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Melrose is located in Lowndes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melrose
    • Remerton
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Remerton is located in Lowndes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Remerton
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,061 people
    • Valdosta
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Barko Village
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Barko Village is located in Lowndes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barko Village
    • Mineola
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Mineola is located in Lowndes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineola
      • Population from the 2010 Census: 150 people
    • Shiloh
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Shiloh is located in Lowndes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh
    • Franklinville
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Franklinville is located in Lowndes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklinville
      • Estimated population in 2019: 971 people
    • Hahira
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Naylor
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Thomas County
    • Boston
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
  • Hamilton County (FL)
    • The following are listed by their distance from McIntyre Spring, with the one closest to McIntyre Spring listed first.
    • Jennings
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Bakers Mill
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Bakers Mill is located in Hamilton County (FL)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bakers Mill
    • Jasper
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Jasper is located in Hamilton County (FL)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jasper
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,163 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jasper <2>
    • Marion
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Marion is located in Hamilton County (FL)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marion
  • Jefferson County (FL)
    • The following are listed by their distance from McIntyre Spring, with the one closest to McIntyre Spring listed first.
    • Aucilla
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Aucilla is located in Jefferson County (FL)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aucilla
    • Monticello
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
  • Madison County (FL)
    • The following are listed by their distance from McIntyre Spring, with the one closest to McIntyre Spring listed first.
    • Pinetta
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Leland
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Leland is located in Madison County (FL)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leland
    • Cherry Lake
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Cherry Lake is located in Madison County (FL)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Lake
    • Hamburg
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Hamburg is located in Madison County (FL)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamburg
    • Madison
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • Madison is located in Madison County (FL)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madison
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,789 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Madison <2>
    • Lee
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
      • Lee is located in Madison County (FL)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 333 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lee <2>
    • Greenville
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Suwannee County (FL)
    • Dowling Park
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Dowling Park is located in Suwannee County (FL)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dowling Park
  • Taylor County (FL)

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to McIntyre Spring, see our County-by-County Page for McIntyre Spring.

Cemeteries Near McIntyre Spring ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of McIntyre 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 McIntyre Spring - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for McIntyre Spring covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from McIntyre Spring, with the one closest to McIntyre Spring listed first.

  • Allen Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Edwards Family Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Lane Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Forest Grove Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Hunter Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Cherry Lake UMC Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Cherry Lake Baptist Church Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Archtillery MB Church Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Coody Family Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Hanson UMC Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Wade Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Columbia Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Continue List   (176 more) ...
    • McIntyre Family Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McIntyre Family Cemetery
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the McIntyre Family Cemetery is located 9 miles [14.5 km]<3> to the southwest of Valdosta.
      • The McIntyre Family Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Old Redland Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2386611 <4>
    • Redland Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Bell Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)

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 McIntyre Spring in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of McIntyre Spring.

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

  • Leland
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Leland is located in Madison County (FL)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leland
  • Clyattville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Cherry Lake
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Cherry Lake is located in Madison County (FL)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Lake
  • Nankin
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Nankin is located in Brooks County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nankin
  • Hamburg
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Hamburg is located in Madison County (FL)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamburg
  • Ousley
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Ousley is located in Lowndes County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ousley
  • Octahatchee
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Octahatchee is located in Hamilton County (FL)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Octahatchee
  • Lake Park
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Dasher
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Dasher is located in Lowndes County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dasher
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,025 people
  • Madison
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Madison is located in Madison County (FL)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madison
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,789 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Madison <2>
  • Melrose
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Melrose is located in Lowndes County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melrose
  • Valdosta
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Lee
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
      • Lee is located in Madison County (FL)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 333 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lee <2>
    • Quitman
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Jennings
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around McIntyre Spring. See our List of 1890's Communities around McIntyre Spring.

Newspapers Published in McIntyre 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 53 newspapers that have been published in the area around McIntyre Spring.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of McIntyre Spring, there are papers which were published within 27 miles [43.5 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for McIntyre Spring.

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 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 McIntyre Spring:

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 McIntyre 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>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- McIntyre Spring) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<4>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.