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 Blue 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 Blue 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 Blue 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.
Another variation: Bluespring.
- A typical abbreviation for Blue Spring: Blue Spg. (or less commonly used: Blue Spng. or Blue Sprng.)
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Blue Spring. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Blue Spring.
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 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.
Blue Spring is located in Trigg County.
To see how the shape of Kentucky's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Trigg County: Caldwell, Calloway, Christian, Lyon, Marshall & Stewart (TN).
Below are the counties that are near Blue Spring. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Blue Spring:
- Trigg County (The home county of Blue Spring)
- The following are listed by their distance from Blue Spring, with the one closest to Blue Spring listed first.
- Canton
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Canton is located in Trigg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canton
- Trigg Furnace
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Trigg Furnace is located in Trigg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trigg Furnace
- Cadiz
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Wallonia
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Wallonia is located in Trigg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallonia
- Caledonia
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Caledonia is located in Trigg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caledonia
- Cerulean
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Caldwell County
- The following are listed by their distance from Blue Spring, with the one closest to Blue Spring listed first.
- Hopson
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Hopson is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopson
- Cobb
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Cobb is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobb
- McGowan
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- McGowan is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGowan
- Dulaney
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Dulaney is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dulaney
- Princeton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Claxton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Claxton is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claxton
- Crider
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Crider is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crider
- Lewistown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Lewistown is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewistown
- Fredonia
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Creswell
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Creswell is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creswell
- Calloway County
- The following are listed by their distance from Blue Spring, with the one closest to Blue Spring listed first.
- Dexter
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Dexter is located in Calloway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dexter
- Almo
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Almo is located in Calloway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Almo
- New Concord
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Murray
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- New Providence
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- New Providence is located in Calloway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Providence
- Kirksey
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Kirksey is located in Calloway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirksey
- Christian County
- The following are listed by their distance from Blue Spring, with the one closest to Blue Spring listed first.
- Gracey
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Gracey is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gracey
- Newstead
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Newstead is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newstead
- Bainbridge
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Bainbridge is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bainbridge
- Church Hill
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Church Hill is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Church Hill
- Bennettstown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Bennettstown is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bennettstown
- LaFayette
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Herndon
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Herndon is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herndon
- Howel
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Howel is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howel
- Hopkinsville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Garrettsburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Garrettsburg is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garrettsburg
- Oak Grove
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Crofton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Empire
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Empire is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Empire
- Crittenden County
- Dycusburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Dycusburg is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dycusburg
- Population from the 2010 Census: 26 people
- Hopkins County
- Dawson Springs
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Livingston County
- The following are listed by their distance from Blue Spring, with the one closest to Blue Spring listed first.
- Grand Rivers
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Lake City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Lake City is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake City
- Pinckneyville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Pinckneyville is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinckneyville
- Tiline
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Tiline is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tiline
- Lyon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Blue Spring, with the one closest to Blue Spring listed first.
- Lamasco
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Lamasco is located in Lyon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamasco
- Carmack
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Carmack is located in Lyon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carmack
- Fairview
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Fairview is located in Lyon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
- Eddyville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Kuttawa
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Marshall County
- The following are listed by their distance from Blue Spring, with the one closest to Blue Spring listed first.
- Aurora
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Fairdealing
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Fairdealing is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairdealing
- Olive
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Olive is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olive
- Hardin
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Dogtown
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Dogtown is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dogtown
- Tatumsville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Tatumsville is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tatumsville
- Benton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Scale
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Scale is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scale
- Gilbertsville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Calvert City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Calvert City is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvert City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,509 people
- Calvert City has also been known as:
- Calvert
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Calvert City <1>
- Sharpe
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Sharpe is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharpe
- Henry County (TN)
- Oak Hill
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Oak Hill is located in Henry County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Hill
- Estimated population in 2014: 4,703 people
- Montgomery County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Blue Spring, with the one closest to Blue Spring listed first.
- Oakwood
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Oakwood is located in Montgomery County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood
- Stryker Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Stryker Village is located in Montgomery County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stryker Village
- Woodlawn
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Stewart County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Blue Spring, with the one closest to Blue Spring listed first.
- Snider
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Snider is located in Stewart County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snider
- Bumpus Mills
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Parker Town ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Parker Town is located in Stewart County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parker Town
- Legate
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Legate is located in Stewart County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Legate
- Dover
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Dover is located in Stewart County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,578 people
- Former name for Dover:
- Monroe
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dover <1>
- Indian Mound
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Blue Spring, see our County-by-County Page for Blue Spring.
Cemeteries Near Blue Spring ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Blue 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 Blue Spring - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Blue Spring covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Blue Spring, with the one closest to Blue Spring listed first.
- Canton Baptist Church Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Yates Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yates Cemetery
- The Yates Cemetery has also been known as:
- Canton Cemetery
- Colley Cemetery
- Curlin Cemetery
- Curling Cemetery
- Mize Cemetery
- Long Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Alfred Herndon Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Wallace Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Jefferson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Jefferson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Liberty Point Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Boyd Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Collin Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Carr Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carr Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Carr Cemetery is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<2> to the south of Canton.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2525981 <3>
- McIntosh Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McIntosh Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the McIntosh Cemetery is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<2> to the south of Canton.
- The McIntosh Cemetery has also been known as:
- McIntire Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2343831 <3>
- Continue List (574 more) ...
- Bridges Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Hall Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Dixon Cemetery
(5 miles [8 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.<4>
While we didn't find Blue Spring in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Blue Spring.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Blue Spring, with the one closest to Blue Spring listed first.
- Canton
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Canton is located in Trigg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canton
- Maple Grove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Maple Grove is located in Trigg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Grove
- Trigg Furnace
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Trigg Furnace is located in Trigg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trigg Furnace
- Golden Pond
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Rockcastle
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Rockcastle is located in Trigg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockcastle
- Cadiz
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Linton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Linton is located in Trigg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linton
- Lamasco
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Lamasco is located in Lyon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamasco
- Aurora
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Confederate
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Confederate is located in Lyon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Confederate
- Montgomery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Montgomery is located in Trigg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montgomery
- Wallonia
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Wallonia is located in Trigg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallonia
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Hopson
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Hopson is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopson
- Tobaccoport
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Tobaccoport is located in Stewart County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tobaccoport
- Caledonia
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Caledonia is located in Trigg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caledonia
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Blue Spring. See our List of 1890's Communities around Blue Spring.
Newspapers Published in Blue 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 Blue Spring.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Blue Spring, there are papers which were published within 25 miles [40.2 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Blue 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 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 Blue Spring:
- Websites specific to Kentucky
- Pages specific to Trigg County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Caldwell County
- Calloway County
- Christian County
- Crittenden County
- Hopkins County
- Livingston County
- Lyon County
- Marshall County
- Henry County
- Montgomery County
- Stewart County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Kentucky
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> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Blue Spring) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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> | 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 Blue Spring, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |