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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Oak Mountain Spring. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Oak Mountain Spring to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Oak Mountain 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 Oak Mountain 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 Oak Mountain 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 Oak Mountain 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 Oak Mountain Spring: Oak Mtn. Spg. (or less commonly used: Oak Mntn. Spg.)
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.
Although our information shows that the community of Oak Mountain Spring is historic, it would have been located within present day Talbot 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 Talbot County: Chattahoochee, Harris, Marion, Meriwether, Muscogee, Taylor & Upson.
Below are the counties that are near Oak Mountain Spring. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Oak Mountain Spring:
- Talbot County (The home county of Oak Mountain Spring)
- The following are listed by their distance from Oak Mountain Spring, with the one closest to Oak Mountain Spring listed first.
- Flint Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Flint Hill is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint Hill
- Belleview
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Belleview is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belleview
- Woodland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Talbotton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Centerville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Centerville is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Geneva
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Box Springs
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Junction City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Prattsburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Prattsburg is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prattsburg
- Chattahoochee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oak Mountain Spring, with the one closest to Oak Mountain Spring listed first.
- Heineburg Village ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Heineburg Village is located in Chattahoochee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heineburg Village
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,893 people
- Ochillee
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Ochillee is located in Chattahoochee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ochillee
- Estimated population in 2019: 680 people
- Central Springs
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Central Springs is located in Chattahoochee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central Springs
- Halloca ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Halloca is located in Chattahoochee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halloca
- Ida Vesper
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Ida Vesper is located in Chattahoochee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ida Vesper
- Estimated population in 2019: 439 people
- Fort Benning
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Harris County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oak Mountain Spring, with the one closest to Oak Mountain Spring listed first.
- Shiloh
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Waverly Hall
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Pine Mountain Valley
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Ellerslie
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Hamilton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Mountainbrook
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Mountainbrook is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountainbrook
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,108 people
- Pine Mountain
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Cataula
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Mountain Hill
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Mountain Hill is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Hill
- Population from the 2010 Census: 11,554 people
- Pine Lake
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Pine Lake is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Lake
- Marion County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oak Mountain Spring, with the one closest to Oak Mountain Spring listed first.
- Juniper
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Juniper is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Juniper
- Tazewell
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Tazewell is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tazewell
- Meriwether County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oak Mountain Spring, with the one closest to Oak Mountain Spring listed first.
- Manchester
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Bullochville ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Bullochville is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bullochville
- Warm Springs
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Chalybeate Springs
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Chalybeate Springs is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalybeate Springs
- Harris City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Harris City is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris City
- Betts
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Betts is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Betts
- Estimated population in 2019: 373 people
- Woodbury
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Greenville
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Carrolls
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Carrolls is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carrolls
- Estimated population in 2019: 27,259 people
- Edman
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Edman is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edman
- Gay
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Rocky Mount
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Rocky Mount is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Mount
- Lone Oak
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Lone Oak is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Oak
- Population from the 2020 Census: 89 people
- Muscogee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oak Mountain Spring, with the one closest to Oak Mountain Spring listed first.
- Upatoi
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Midland
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Fortson
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Twin Chapel
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Twin Chapel is located in Muscogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Chapel
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,701 people
- Glenns
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Glenns is located in Muscogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenns
- Estimated population in 2019: 5,020 people
- Lincoln Hills
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Lincoln Hills is located in Muscogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Hills
- Population from the 2010 Census: 833 people
- Branton Woods
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Branton Woods is located in Muscogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branton Woods
- Estimated population in 2019: 12,961 people
- East Edgewood
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- East Edgewood is located in Muscogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Edgewood
- Estimated population in 2019: 569 people
- Hilton Heights
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Hilton Heights is located in Muscogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilton Heights
- Estimated population in 2018: 324 people
- Maridale Estates
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Maridale Estates is located in Muscogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maridale Estates
- Estimated population in 2019: 60,867 people
- Bibb City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Bibb City is located in Muscogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bibb City
- City Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- City Village is located in Muscogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for City Village
- Saint Marys Hills
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Saint Marys Hills is located in Muscogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Marys Hills
- Estimated population in 2019: 18,567 people
- Pike County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oak Mountain Spring, with the one closest to Oak Mountain Spring listed first.
- Lawrences Mill
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Lawrences Mill is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrences Mill
- Estimated population in 2019: 30,834 people
- Molena
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Concord
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Hilltop
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Hilltop is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilltop
- Meansville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Taylor County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oak Mountain Spring, with the one closest to Oak Mountain Spring listed first.
- Howard
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Howard is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howard
- Norwich
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Norwich is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norwich
- Estimated population in 2019: 222 people
- Carsonville
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Carsonville is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carsonville
- Mauk
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Five Points
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Five Points is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
- Butler
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Troup County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oak Mountain Spring, with the one closest to Oak Mountain Spring listed first.
- Mountville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Pioneer Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Pioneer Village is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer Village
- Louise
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Louise is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louise
- Estimated population in 2019: 2,215 people
- Whitfield
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Whitfield is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitfield
- LaGrange
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Rockwell Estates
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Rockwell Estates is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockwell Estates
- North West Point
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- North West Point is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North West Point
- West Point
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Asta Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Asta Village is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asta Village
- Sassafrass Hills
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Sassafrass Hills is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sassafrass Hills
- Estimated population in 2019: 255 people
- Upson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oak Mountain Spring, with the one closest to Oak Mountain Spring listed first.
- Barker Spring
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Barker Spring is located in Upson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barker Spring
- Sunset Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Sunset Village is located in Upson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Village
- Lincoln Park
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Lincoln Park is located in Upson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Park
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,503 people
- Hannahs Mill
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Hannahs Mill is located in Upson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hannahs Mill
- Thomaston
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Delray
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Delray is located in Upson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delray
- Salem
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Salem is located in Upson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem
- The Rock
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Chambers County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Oak Mountain Spring, with the one closest to Oak Mountain Spring listed first.
- Osanippa
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Osanippa is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osanippa
- River View
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- River View is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River View
- Eady City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Eady City is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eady City
- Valley
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Plant City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Plant City is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plant City
- Lanett
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Lee County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Oak Mountain Spring, with the one closest to Oak Mountain Spring listed first.
- Blanton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Blanton is located in Lee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanton
- Smith's Station
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Smith's Station is located in Lee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith's Station
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,804 people
- Bleecker
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Bleecker is located in Lee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bleecker
- Russell County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Oak Mountain Spring, with the one closest to Oak Mountain Spring listed first.
- Fontaine Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Fontaine Village is located in Russell County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fontaine Village
- Phenix City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Ladonia
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Ladonia is located in Russell County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ladonia
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Oak Mountain Spring, see our County-by-County Page for Oak Mountain Spring.
Cemeteries Near Oak Mountain Spring ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Oak Mountain 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 Oak Mountain Spring - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Oak Mountain Spring covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Oak Mountain Spring, with the one closest to Oak Mountain Spring listed first.
- Shiloh Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Bluff Spring CME Methodist Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Macedonia Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Meadows Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- St. Johns Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Waverly Hall Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Matthews Chapel Methodist Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Reedy Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Sardis Meethodist Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Copland Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Neel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Carter Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (370 more) ...
- Whitehead Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Bethel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Tramell Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
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 Oak Mountain Spring in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Oak Mountain Spring.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Oak Mountain Spring, with the one closest to Oak Mountain Spring listed first.
- Shiloh
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Waverly Hall
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Baughville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Baughville is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baughville
- Belleview
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Belleview is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belleview
- Ossahatchie
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Ossahatchie is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ossahatchie
- Ridgeway
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Ridgeway is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeway
- Chalybeate Springs
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Chalybeate Springs is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalybeate Springs
- Bullochville ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Bullochville is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bullochville
- Warm Springs
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Kingsboro
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Kingsboro is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsboro
- Ellerslie
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Talbotton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Hamilton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Pleasant Hill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Pleasant Hill is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
- Cataula
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Oak Mountain Spring. See our List of 1890's Communities around Oak Mountain Spring.
Newspapers Published in Oak Mountain 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 27 newspapers that have been published in the area around Oak Mountain Spring.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Oak Mountain Spring, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Oak Mountain Spring.
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 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 Oak Mountain Spring:
- Websites specific to Georgia
- Pages specific to Talbot County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Chattahoochee County
- Harris County
- Marion County
- Meriwether County
- Muscogee County
- Pike County
- Taylor County
- Troup County
- Upson County
- Chambers County
- Lee County
- Russell County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Georgia
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 Oak Mountain 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> | 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. |
| <4> | 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- Oak Mountain Spring) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |