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 Clear Springs (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 Clear Springs. 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 Clear Springs ...
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: Clear Spring.
- A typical abbreviation for Clear Springs: Clear Spgs. (or less commonly used: Clear Spngs. or Clear Sprngs.)
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Clear Springs. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Clear Springs.
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 doctors and hospitals 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.
Clear Springs is located in Graves 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 Graves County: Calloway, Carlisle, Hickman, Marshall, McCracken, Henry (TN) & Weakley (TN).
Below are the counties that are near Clear Springs. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Clear Springs:
- Graves County (The home county of Clear Springs)
- The following are listed by their distance from Clear Springs, with the one closest to Clear Springs listed first.
- Westplains
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Westplains is located in Graves County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westplains
- Symsonia
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Boaz
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hickory
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Hickory is located in Graves County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory
- West Viola
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- West Viola is located in Graves County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Viola
- Mayfield
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Farmington
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Farmington is located in Graves County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmington
- Pottsville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Pottsville is located in Graves County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pottsville
- Melber
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Melber is located in Graves County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melber
- Sedalia
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Pryorsburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Pryorsburg is located in Graves County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pryorsburg
- Lowes
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Lowes is located in Graves County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowes
- Ballard County
- The following are listed by their distance from Clear Springs, with the one closest to Clear Springs listed first.
- Lovelaceville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Lovelaceville is located in Ballard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lovelaceville
- Gage
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Gage is located in Ballard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gage
- Ceredo
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Ceredo is located in Ballard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ceredo
- Blandville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Blandville is located in Ballard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blandville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 84 people
- Kevil
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- La Center
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Calloway County
- The following are listed by their distance from Clear Springs, with the one closest to Clear Springs listed first.
- Kirksey
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Kirksey is located in Calloway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirksey
- Dexter
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Dexter is located in Calloway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dexter
- Almo
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Almo is located in Calloway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Almo
- Harris Grove
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Harris Grove is located in Calloway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris Grove
- Protemus
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Protemus is located in Calloway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Protemus
- Murray
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Hazel
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- New Providence
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- New Providence is located in Calloway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Providence
- New Concord
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Carlisle County
- The following are listed by their distance from Clear Springs, with the one closest to Clear Springs listed first.
- Kirbyton
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Kirbyton is located in Carlisle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirbyton
- Cunningham
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Milburn
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Milburn is located in Carlisle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milburn
- Arlington
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Arlington is located in Carlisle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arlington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 296 people
- Bardwell
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Crittenden County
- Dycusburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Dycusburg is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dycusburg
- Population from the 2010 Census: 26 people
- Fulton County
- Fulton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Hickman County
- The following are listed by their distance from Clear Springs, with the one closest to Clear Springs listed first.
- Fulgham
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Fulgham is located in Hickman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fulgham
- Spring Hill
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Spring Hill is located in Hickman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Hill
- Clinton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Livingston County
- The following are listed by their distance from Clear Springs, with the one closest to Clear Springs listed first.
- Ledbetter
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Grand Rivers
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Lake City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Lake City is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake City
- Smithland
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Tiline
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Tiline is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tiline
- Pinckneyville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Pinckneyville is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinckneyville
- Burna
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Burna is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burna
- Lyon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Clear Springs, with the one closest to Clear Springs listed first.
- Carmack
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Carmack is located in Lyon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carmack
- Kuttawa
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Marshall County
- The following are listed by their distance from Clear Springs, with the one closest to Clear Springs listed first.
- Benton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Sharpe
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Sharpe is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharpe
- Dogtown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Dogtown is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dogtown
- Scale
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Scale is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scale
- Hardin
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Tatumsville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Tatumsville is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tatumsville
- Olive
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Olive is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olive
- Fairdealing
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Fairdealing is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairdealing
- Calvert City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- 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>
- Gilbertsville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Aurora
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- McCracken County
- The following are listed by their distance from Clear Springs, with the one closest to Clear Springs listed first.
- Krebs
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Krebs is located in McCracken County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Krebs
- Reidland
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Reidland is located in McCracken County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reidland
- Oakdale
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Oakdale is located in McCracken County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakdale
- Hendron
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Hendron is located in McCracken County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hendron
- Lone Oak
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lone Oak is located in McCracken County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Oak
- Massac
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Massac is located in McCracken County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Massac
- Paducah
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Camelia
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Camelia is located in McCracken County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camelia
- West Paducah
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Future City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Future City is located in McCracken County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Future City
- West Future City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- West Future City is located in McCracken County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Future City
- Grahamville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Grahamville is located in McCracken County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grahamville
- Massac County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Clear Springs, with the one closest to Clear Springs listed first.
- Shady Grove
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Shady Grove is located in Massac County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove
- Unionville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Unionville is located in Massac County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unionville
- Brookport
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Massac City
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Massac City is located in Massac County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Massac City
- Metropolis
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Pope County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Clear Springs, with the one closest to Clear Springs listed first.
- Hamletsburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Bay City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Bay City is located in Pope County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay City
- Henry County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Clear Springs, with the one closest to Clear Springs listed first.
- Puryear
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Puryear is located in Henry County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Puryear
- Population from the 2020 Census: 653 people
- Conyersville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Conyersville is located in Henry County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conyersville
- Mandels ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Mandels is located in Henry County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mandels
- Estimated population in 2014: 10,349 people
- Obion County (TN)
- South Fulton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Weakley County (TN)
- Latham
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Latham is located in Weakley County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Latham
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Clear Springs, see our County-by-County Page for Clear Springs.
Cemeteries Near Clear Springs ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Clear Springs.
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 Clear Springs - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Clear Springs covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Clear Springs, with the one closest to Clear Springs listed first.
- Trace Creek Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trace Creek Cemetery
- The Trace Creek Cemetery has also been known as:
- Trace Creek Baptist Church Cemetery
- McKendree Methodist Church Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Burkhart Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Sand Hill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Pilgrims Rest Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- New Sandhill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Sandhill Cemetery
- The New Sandhill Cemetery has also been known as:
- New Sand Hill Baptist Church Cemetery
- Sand Hill Baptist Church Cemetery
- Gough Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Rickman Family Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Spence Chapel UMC Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Millers Chapel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- New Home Baptist Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Spring Creek Church of Christ Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (618 more) ...
- Shelton Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shelton Church Cemetery
- The Shelton Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Shelton Chapel Methodist Church Cemetery
- Pleasant Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Pleasant Grove Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<2> to the east of Hickory.
- The Pleasant Grove Cemetery has also been known as:
- Green Family Cemetery
- McClure 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.<3>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Clear Springs had a population of 21 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Clear Springs, with the one closest to Clear Springs listed first.
- Westplains
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Westplains is located in Graves County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westplains
- Oak Level
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Oak Level is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Level
- Kaler
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Kaler is located in Graves County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kaler
- Viola
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Viola is located in Graves County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Viola
- Harvey
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Harvey is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harvey
- Symsonia
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Boaz
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hickory
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Hickory is located in Graves County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory
- Elva
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Elva is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elva
- Mayfield
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Iola
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Iola is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iola
- Folsomdale
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Folsomdale is located in Graves County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Folsomdale
- Continue List (20 more) ...
- Oaks
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Oaks is located in McCracken County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oaks
- Backusburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Backusburg is located in Calloway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Backusburg
- Farmington
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Farmington is located in Graves County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmington
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Clear Springs. See our List of 1890's Communities around Clear Springs.
Newspapers Published in Clear Springs ...
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 97 newspapers that have been published in the area around Clear Springs.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Clear Springs, there are papers which were published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Clear Springs.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These 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 Clear Springs:
- Websites specific to Kentucky
- Pages specific to Graves County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Ballard County
- Calloway County
- Carlisle County
- Crittenden County
- Fulton County
- Hickman County
- Livingston County
- Lyon County
- Marshall County
- McCracken County
- Massac County
- Pope County
- Henry County
- Obion County
- Weakley 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Clear Springs) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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 Clear Springs, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |