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 Green 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 Green 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 Green 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 Green Spring: Green Spg. (or less commonly used: Green Spng. or Green Sprng.)
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Green Spring. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Green 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 northwest 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 north.
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 north 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.
Green Spring is located in Jefferson 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 Jefferson County : Clark (IN) , Floyd (IN) , Harrison (IN) , Bullitt , Hardin , Oldham , Shelby & Spencer .
Below are the counties that are near Green Spring. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Green Spring:
Jefferson County (The home county of Green Spring)
The following are listed by their distance from Green Spring, with the one closest to Green Spring listed first.
Harrods Creek (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
Old Brownsboro Place (Less than 2 miles to the south)
Old Brownsboro Place is located in Jefferson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Brownsboro Place Population from the 2020 Census: 366 people
Spring Valley (Less than 2 miles to the south)
Spring Valley is located in Jefferson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley Population from the 2020 Census: 687 people
Barbourmeade (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
Barbourmeade is located in Jefferson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barbourmeade Population from the 2020 Census: 1,252 people
Brownsboro Farm (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
Brownsboro Farm is located in Jefferson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsboro Farm Population from the 2020 Census: 674 people
Manor Creek (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
Manor Creek is located in Jefferson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manor Creek Population from the 2020 Census: 234 people
Glenview Hills (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
Glenview Hills is located in Jefferson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenview Hills Population from the 2020 Census: 330 people
Hills and Dales (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
Hills and Dales is located in Jefferson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hills and Dales Population from the 2020 Census: 148 people
Bancroft (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
Bancroft is located in Jefferson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bancroft Population from the 2020 Census: 511 people
Briarwood (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
Briarwood is located in Jefferson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briarwood Population from the 2020 Census: 446 people
Broeck Pointe (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
Broeck Pointe is located in Jefferson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broeck Pointe Population from the 2020 Census: 281 people
Creekside (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
Creekside is located in Jefferson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creekside Population from the 2020 Census: 321 people
Bullitt County
The following are listed by their distance from Green Spring, with the one closest to Green Spring listed first.
Hunters Hollow (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
Hunters Hollow is located in Bullitt County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunters Hollow Population from the 2020 Census: 362 people
Whitfield (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
Whitfield is located in Bullitt County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitfield Brooks (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
Hebron Estates (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
Hebron Estates is located in Bullitt County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hebron Estates Population from the 2020 Census: 1,185 people
Pioneer Village (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
Pioneer Village is located in Bullitt County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer Village Population from the 2020 Census: 2,978 people
Fox Chase (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
Fox Chase is located in Bullitt County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Chase Population from the 2020 Census: 490 people
Hillview (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
Hillview is located in Bullitt County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillview Population from the 2020 Census: 9,192 people
Mount Washington (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
Shepherdsville (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
Solitude (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
Solitude is located in Bullitt County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Solitude Cupio (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
Cupio is located in Bullitt County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cupio Bardstown Junction (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
Bardstown Junction is located in Bullitt County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bardstown Junction Hardin County
The following are listed by their distance from Green Spring, with the one closest to Green Spring listed first.
West Point (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
Howard (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
Howard is located in Hardin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howard Henry County
The following are listed by their distance from Green Spring, with the one closest to Green Spring listed first.
Jericho (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
Jericho is located in Henry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jericho Smithfield (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
Pendleton (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
Sulphur (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
Eminence (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
New Castle (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
Campbellsburg (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
Pleasureville (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
Turners Station (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
Turners Station is located in Henry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turners Station Bethlehem (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
Bethlehem is located in Henry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethlehem Lawrence County
Castle ‑ Historic(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
Castle is located in Lawrence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castle Nelson County
The following are listed by their distance from Green Spring, with the one closest to Green Spring listed first.
Highgrove (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
Highgrove is located in Nelson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highgrove Lenore (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
Lenore is located in Nelson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lenore Coxs Creek (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
Deatsville (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
Deatsville is located in Nelson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deatsville Fairfield (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
Fairfield is located in Nelson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield Population from the 2020 Census: 113 people
Samuels (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
Samuels is located in Nelson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Samuels Oldham County
The following are listed by their distance from Green Spring, with the one closest to Green Spring listed first.
River Bluff (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
River Bluff is located in Oldham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Bluff Population from the 2020 Census: 442 people
Orchard Grass Hills (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
Orchard Grass Hills is located in Oldham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orchard Grass Hills Population from the 2020 Census: 1,786 people
Pewee Valley (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
Goshen (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
Goshen is located in Oldham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goshen Population from the 2020 Census: 1,016 people
Harmony Village (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
Harmony Village is located in Oldham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony Village Crestwood (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
Park Lake (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
Park Lake is located in Oldham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Lake Buckner (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
Westport (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
Ballardsville (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
Ballardsville is located in Oldham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ballardsville La Grange (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
Russell Corner (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
Russell Corner is located in Oldham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russell Corner Shelby County
The following are listed by their distance from Green Spring, with the one closest to Green Spring listed first.
Lincoln Ridge (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
Lincoln Ridge is located in Shelby County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Ridge Simpsonville (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
Chestnut Grove (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
Chestnut Grove is located in Shelby County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Grove Finchville (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
Finchville is located in Shelby County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finchville Shelbyville (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
Figgs (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
Figgs is located in Shelby County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Figgs Cropper (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
Cropper is located in Shelby County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cropper Southville (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
Southville is located in Shelby County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southville Christianburg (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
Christianburg is located in Shelby County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Christianburg Clay Village (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
Clay Village is located in Shelby County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clay Village Bagdad (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
Spencer County
The following are listed by their distance from Green Spring, with the one closest to Green Spring listed first.
Normandy (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
Normandy is located in Spencer County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Normandy Yoder (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
Yoder is located in Spencer County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yoder Taylorsville (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
Little Mount (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
Little Mount is located in Spencer County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Mount Wakefield (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
Wakefield is located in Spencer County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wakefield Mount Eden (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
Mount Eden is located in Spencer County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Eden Trimble County
The following are listed by their distance from Green Spring, with the one closest to Green Spring listed first.
Mount Pleasant (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
Mount Pleasant is located in Trimble County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant Bedford (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
Trout (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
Trout is located in Trimble County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trout Clark County (IN)
The following are listed by their distance from Green Spring, with the one closest to Green Spring listed first.
Utica (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
Utica is located in Clark County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Utica Population from the 2020 Census: 996 people
Oak Park (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
Oak Park is located in Clark County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Park Watson (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
Watson is located in Clark County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watson Arctic Springs (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
Arctic Springs is located in Clark County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arctic Springs Prather (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
Prather is located in Clark County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prather Jeffersonville (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
Clarksville (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
Charlestown (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
Sellersburg (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
Blackiston Village (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
Blackiston Village is located in Clark County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackiston Village Sunset Village (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
Sunset Village is located in Clark County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Village Speed (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
Speed is located in Clark County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Speed Floyd County (IN)
The following are listed by their distance from Green Spring, with the one closest to Green Spring listed first.
New Albany (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
Floyds Knobs (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
Galena (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
Galena is located in Floyd County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galena Georgetown (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
Greenville (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
Harrison County (IN)
The following are listed by their distance from Green Spring, with the one closest to Green Spring listed first.
Locust Point (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
Locust Point is located in Harrison County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Point Lanesville (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
Elizabeth (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
Bradford (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
Bradford is located in Harrison County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradford Crandall (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
Crandall is located in Harrison County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crandall Population from the 2020 Census: 149 people
New Middletown (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
Corydon Junction (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
Corydon Junction is located in Harrison County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corydon Junction New Salisbury (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
Palmyra (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
Corydon (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
Dogwood (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
Dogwood is located in Harrison County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dogwood Ramsey (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
Ramsey is located in Harrison County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramsey Jefferson County (IN)
The following are listed by their distance from Green Spring, with the one closest to Green Spring listed first.
Chelsea (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
Chelsea is located in Jefferson County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chelsea Hanover (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
Kent (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
Kent is located in Jefferson County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kent Scott County (IN)
The following are listed by their distance from Green Spring, with the one closest to Green Spring listed first.
Lexington (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
Goshen (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
Goshen is located in Scott County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goshen Blocher (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
Blocher is located in Scott County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blocher Scottsburg (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
Marshfield (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
Marshfield is located in Scott County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshfield Albion (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
Albion is located in Scott County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albion Washington County (IN)
The following are listed by their distance from Green Spring, with the one closest to Green Spring listed first.
Bartle (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
Bartle is located in Washington County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bartle New Pekin (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
New Pekin is located in Washington County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Pekin Population from the 2020 Census: 1,392 people
South Boston (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
South Boston is located in Washington County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Boston Harristown (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
Harristown is located in Washington County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harristown Little York (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
Little York is located in Washington County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little York Population from the 2020 Census: 191 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Green Spring, see our County-by-County Page for Green Spring .
Cemeteries Near Green Spring ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Green 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 Green Spring - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Green Spring covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Green Spring, with the one closest to Green Spring listed first.
Worthington Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
Zachary Taylor National Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
Ewing Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
Locke Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
Dailey Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
Louisville Memorial Gardens East (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
Ross Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
Hardin Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
Netherton Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
Wilhoyte Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
Barbour Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
Breckinridge Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
Continue List (396 more) ...
Middletown Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
Union Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
Harding Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
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 Green Spring in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Green Spring.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Green Spring, with the one closest to Green Spring listed first.
Harrods Creek (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
Glenview (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
Glenview is located in Jefferson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenview Population from the 2020 Census: 544 people
Woodside (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
Woodside is located in Jefferson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodside Longview (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
Longview is located in Jefferson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longview Goose Creek (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
Goose Creek is located in Jefferson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goose Creek Population from the 2020 Census: 304 people
Worthington (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
Worthington is located in Jefferson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worthington Prospect (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
Utica (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
Utica is located in Clark County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Utica Population from the 2020 Census: 996 people
Lyndon (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
Saint Matthews (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
Beechwood Village (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
Beechwood Village is located in Jefferson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beechwood Village Population from the 2020 Census: 1,351 people
Lakeland (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
Lakeland is located in Jefferson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeland Continue List (13 more) ...
Anchorage (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
O'Bannon (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
O'Bannon is located in Jefferson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for O'Bannon Watson (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
Watson is located in Clark County (IN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watson
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Green Spring. See our List of 1890's Communities around Green Spring .
Newspapers Published in Green 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 61 newspapers that have been published in the area around Green Spring.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Green Spring, there are papers which were published within 9 miles [14.5 km]<3> Extended Newspaper List for Green Spring.
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 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 Green Spring:
Websites specific to Kentucky Pages specific to Jefferson County Genealogy information for nearby counties
Bullitt County Hardin County Henry County Lawrence County Nelson County Oldham County Shelby County Spencer County Trimble County Clark County Floyd County Harrison County Jefferson County Scott County Washington County Cemetery Information and Directories for Kentucky Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Green Spring. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page .
The official website for State of Kentucky: https://www.kentucky.gov/
Footnotes ...
<1> While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. 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 Green Spring, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Green Spring) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.