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 Magee 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 Magee 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 Magee 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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Magee Springs: Magee Spgs. (or less commonly used: Magee Spngs. or Magee Sprngs.)
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.
Magee Springs is located in Carlisle 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 Carlisle County: Ballard, Graves, Hickman, McCracken & Mississippi (MO).
Below are the counties that are near Magee Springs. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Magee Springs:
- Carlisle County (The home county of Magee Springs)
- The following are listed by their distance from Magee Springs, with the one closest to Magee Springs listed first.
- Cunningham
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Bardwell
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Kirbyton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Kirbyton is located in Carlisle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirbyton
- Milburn
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Milburn is located in Carlisle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milburn
- Arlington
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Arlington is located in Carlisle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arlington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 296 people
- Ballard County
- The following are listed by their distance from Magee Springs, with the one closest to Magee Springs listed first.
- Blandville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Blandville is located in Ballard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blandville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 84 people
- Gage
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Gage is located in Ballard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gage
- Lovelaceville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Lovelaceville is located in Ballard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lovelaceville
- Wickliffe
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Ceredo
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Ceredo is located in Ballard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ceredo
- La Center
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Barlow
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Barlow is located in Ballard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barlow
- Population from the 2020 Census: 628 people
- Kevil
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Bandana
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Bandana is located in Ballard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bandana
- Fulton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Magee Springs, with the one closest to Magee Springs listed first.
- Cayce
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Cayce is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cayce
- Hickman
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Fulton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Jordan
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Jordan is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jordan
- Graves County
- The following are listed by their distance from Magee Springs, with the one closest to Magee Springs listed first.
- Lowes
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Lowes is located in Graves County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowes
- Melber
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Melber is located in Graves County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melber
- Fancy Farm
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Fancy Farm is located in Graves County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fancy Farm
- Pottsville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Pottsville is located in Graves County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pottsville
- West Viola
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- West Viola is located in Graves County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Viola
- Boaz
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Hickory
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Hickory is located in Graves County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory
- Westplains
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Westplains is located in Graves County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westplains
- Mayfield
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Pryorsburg
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Pryorsburg is located in Graves County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pryorsburg
- Wingo
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Symsonia
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Water Valley
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Hickman County
- The following are listed by their distance from Magee Springs, with the one closest to Magee Springs listed first.
- Spring Hill
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Spring Hill is located in Hickman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Hill
- Columbus
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Columbus is located in Hickman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbus
- Population from the 2020 Census: 150 people
- Clinton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Fulgham
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Fulgham is located in Hickman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fulgham
- Moscow
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Moscow is located in Hickman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moscow
- Livingston County
- Ledbetter
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Marshall County
- Sharpe
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Sharpe is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharpe
- McCracken County
- The following are listed by their distance from Magee Springs, with the one closest to Magee Springs listed first.
- Camelia
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Camelia is located in McCracken County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camelia
- West Future City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- West Future City is located in McCracken County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Future City
- Cimota City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Cimota City is located in McCracken County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cimota City
- Woodville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Woodville is located in McCracken County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodville
- Future City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Future City is located in McCracken County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Future City
- Massac
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Massac is located in McCracken County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Massac
- Grahamville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Grahamville is located in McCracken County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grahamville
- West Paducah
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Ragland
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Ragland is located in McCracken County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ragland
- Lone Oak
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Lone Oak is located in McCracken County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Oak
- Hendron
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Hendron is located in McCracken County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hendron
- Krebs
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Krebs is located in McCracken County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Krebs
- Oakdale
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Oakdale is located in McCracken County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakdale
- Alexander County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Magee Springs, with the one closest to Magee Springs listed first.
- Cairo
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Cairo is located in Alexander County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cairo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,989 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cairo <1>
- Future City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Future City is located in Alexander County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Future City
- Cairo Junction
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Cairo Junction is located in Alexander County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cairo Junction
- Cache
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Frog City ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Frog City is located in Alexander County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frog City
- Hodges Park
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Hodges Park is located in Alexander County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hodges Park
- Unity
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Miller City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Olive Branch
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Tamms
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Tamms is located in Alexander County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tamms
- Population from the 2020 Census: 449 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Tamms <1>
- Diswood
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Diswood is located in Alexander County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diswood
- Johnson County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Magee Springs, with the one closest to Magee Springs listed first.
- Belknap
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Cypress
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Massac County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Magee Springs, with the one closest to Magee Springs listed first.
- Massac City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Massac City is located in Massac County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Massac City
- Metropolis
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Joppa
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Brookport
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Shady Grove
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Shady Grove is located in Massac County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove
- Unionville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Unionville is located in Massac County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unionville
- New Columbia
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- New Columbia is located in Massac County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Columbia
- Big Bay
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Big Bay is located in Massac County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Bay
- Pulaski County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Magee Springs, with the one closest to Magee Springs listed first.
- Mound City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Mounds
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Mounds is located in Pulaski County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mounds
- Population from the 2020 Census: 666 people
- Olmsted
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Villa Ridge
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Villa Ridge is located in Pulaski County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Villa Ridge
- Grand Chain
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- New Grand Chain
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- New Grand Chain is located in Pulaski County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Grand Chain
- Population from the 2020 Census: 178 people
- Karnak
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Pulaski
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Perks
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Ullin
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Obion County (TN)
- South Fulton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Magee Springs, see our County-by-County Page for Magee Springs.
Cemeteries Near Magee Springs ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Magee 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 Magee Springs - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Magee Springs covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Magee Springs, with the one closest to Magee Springs listed first.
- Hall Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Memorial Gardens Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Robinson Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Hillcrest Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Elsey Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Holder Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Martin Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Bethlehem Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Jones Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Roselawn Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roselawn Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Roselawn Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southeast of Bardwell.
- The Roselawn Cemetery has also been known as:
- New Bardwell Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #75813 <2>
- Bardwell Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Old Bardwell Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Bardwell Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Old Bardwell Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southeast of Bardwell.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #72964 <2>
- Continue List (380 more) ...
- Jackson Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Bethlehem Baptist Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Young Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 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 Magee Springs in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Magee Springs.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Magee Springs, with the one closest to Magee Springs listed first.
- Cunningham
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Blandville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Blandville is located in Ballard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blandville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 84 people
- Bardwell
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Kirbyton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Kirbyton is located in Carlisle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirbyton
- Lovelaceville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Lovelaceville is located in Ballard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lovelaceville
- Slater
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Slater is located in Ballard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slater
- Milburn
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Milburn is located in Carlisle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milburn
- Hinkleville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Hinkleville is located in Ballard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hinkleville
- Wickliffe
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Laketon
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Laketon is located in Carlisle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laketon
- Arlington
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Arlington is located in Carlisle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arlington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 296 people
- Barlow
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Barlow is located in Ballard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barlow
- Population from the 2020 Census: 628 people
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Berkley
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Berkley is located in Carlisle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berkley
- Fancy Farm
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Fancy Farm is located in Graves County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fancy Farm
- Kansas
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Kansas is located in Graves County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kansas
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Magee Springs. See our List of 1890's Communities around Magee Springs.
Newspapers Published in Magee 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 76 newspapers that have been published in the area around Magee Springs.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Magee Springs, there are papers which were published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Magee Springs.
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 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 Magee Springs:
- Websites specific to Kentucky
- Pages specific to Carlisle County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Ballard County
- Fulton County
- Graves County
- Hickman County
- Livingston County
- Marshall County
- McCracken County
- Alexander County
- Johnson County
- Massac County
- Pulaski County
- Obion 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> | 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. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Magee Springs) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Magee Springs, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |