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 Plum 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 Plum 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 Plum 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 Plum Springs: Plum Spgs. (or less commonly used: Plum Spngs. or Plum Sprngs.)
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Plum Springs. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Plum 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 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.
Plum Springs is located in Warren 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 Warren County: Allen, Barren, Butler, Edmonson, Logan & Simpson.
Below are the counties that are near Plum Springs. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Plum Springs:
- Warren County (The home county of Plum Springs)
- The following are listed by their distance from Plum Springs, with the one closest to Plum Springs listed first.
- Gotts
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Gotts is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gotts
- Bowling Green
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Bowling Green is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowling Green
- Population from the 2020 Census: 70,631 people
- Former names for Bowling Green:
- Bolin Green
- McFadden's Station
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bowling Green <1>
- Springhill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Springhill is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springhill
- Oakland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Oakland is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 217 people
- Anna
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Anna is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anna
- Richardsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Richardsville is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richardsville
- Smiths Grove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Alvaton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Claypool
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Claypool is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claypool
- Martinsville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Martinsville is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martinsville
- Drake
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Drake is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drake
- Hadley
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Hadley is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hadley
- Allen County
- The following are listed by their distance from Plum Springs, with the one closest to Plum Springs listed first.
- Meador
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Meador is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meador
- Halifax
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Halifax is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halifax
- Yesse
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Yesse is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yesse
- Halfway
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Halfway is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halfway
- Trammel
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Trammel is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trammel
- Pope
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Pope is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pope
- Mount Aerial
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Mount Aerial is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Aerial
- Red Hill
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Red Hill is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Hill
- Cedar Springs
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Cedar Springs is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Springs
- Scottsville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Petroleum
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Petroleum is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petroleum
- Adolphus
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Barren County
- The following are listed by their distance from Plum Springs, with the one closest to Plum Springs listed first.
- Rocky Hill
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Rocky Hill is located in Barren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Hill
- Beckton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Beckton is located in Barren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beckton
- Park City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Lucas
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Highland Springs
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Highland Springs is located in Barren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Springs
- Oil City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Oil City is located in Barren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oil City
- Haywood
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Haywood is located in Barren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haywood
- Cave City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Austin
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Austin is located in Barren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austin
- Glasgow
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Coral Hill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Coral Hill is located in Barren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coral Hill
- Etoile
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Etoile is located in Barren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etoile
- Butler County
- The following are listed by their distance from Plum Springs, with the one closest to Plum Springs listed first.
- Jetson
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Jetson is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jetson
- Whittinghill
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Whittinghill is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whittinghill
- Woodbury
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Woodbury is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodbury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 88 people
- Richelieu
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Richelieu is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richelieu
- Brooklyn
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Brooklyn is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooklyn
- Morgantown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Aberdeen
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Dunbar
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Dunbar is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunbar
- Welch's Creek
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Welch's Creek is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welch's Creek
- Quality
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Quality is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quality
- Mining City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Mining City is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mining City
- Silver City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Silver City is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver City
- Edmonson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Plum Springs, with the one closest to Plum Springs listed first.
- Rhoda
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Rhoda is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rhoda
- Rocky Hill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Rocky Hill is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Hill
- Brownsville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Huff
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Huff is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huff
- Lindseyville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Lindseyville is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lindseyville
- Roundhill
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Roundhill is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roundhill
- Sweeden
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Sweeden is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweeden
- Kyrock
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Kyrock is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kyrock
- Union City
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Union City is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union City
- Bee Spring
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Sunfish
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Sunfish is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunfish
- Mammoth Cave
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Grayson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Plum Springs, with the one closest to Plum Springs listed first.
- Shrewsbury
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Shrewsbury is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shrewsbury
- Caneyville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Peonia
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Peonia is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peonia
- Millwood
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Millwood is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millwood
- Black Rock
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Black Rock is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Rock
- Spring Lick
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Spring Lick is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Lick
- Hart County
- The following are listed by their distance from Plum Springs, with the one closest to Plum Springs listed first.
- Dogcreek
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Dogcreek is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dogcreek
- Cub Run
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Winesap
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Winesap is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winesap
- Horse Cave
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Logsdon Valley
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Logsdon Valley is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logsdon Valley
- Rowletts
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Rowletts is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rowletts
- Logan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Plum Springs, with the one closest to Plum Springs listed first.
- South Union
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Auburn
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Lost City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Lost City is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lost City
- Russellville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Schochoh
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Schochoh is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schochoh
- Monroe County
- Fountain Run
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Ohio County
- The following are listed by their distance from Plum Springs, with the one closest to Plum Springs listed first.
- Arnold
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Arnold is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arnold
- Select
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Select is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Select
- Former name for Select:
- Stweartsville
- Simpson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Plum Springs, with the one closest to Plum Springs listed first.
- Gold City
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Gold City is located in Simpson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold City
- Salmons
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Salmons is located in Simpson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salmons
- Franklin
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Neosheo
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Neosheo is located in Simpson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neosheo
- Black Jack
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Black Jack is located in Simpson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Jack
- Prices Mill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Prices Mill is located in Simpson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prices Mill
- Robertson County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Plum Springs, with the one closest to Plum Springs listed first.
- Black Jack
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Black Jack is located in Robertson County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Jack
- Mitchell
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Mitchell is located in Robertson County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchell
- Estimated population in 2014: 198 people
- Sumner County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Plum Springs, with the one closest to Plum Springs listed first.
- Fairfield
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Fairfield is located in Sumner County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield
- Sugar Grove
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Sugar Grove is located in Sumner County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Grove
- Mitchellville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Mitchellville is located in Sumner County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchellville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 195 people
- Sengtown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Sengtown is located in Sumner County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sengtown
- Corinth
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Corinth is located in Sumner County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corinth
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Plum Springs, see our County-by-County Page for Plum Springs.
Cemeteries Near Plum Springs ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Plum 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 Plum Springs - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Plum Springs covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Plum Springs, with the one closest to Plum Springs listed first.
- Mt. Moriah Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- St. Josephs Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Fairview Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Kimbrough Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Pioneer Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Petty Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Chapel Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Chapman Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Isaac Stephens Family Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- T L Stephens Briggs Family Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Thomas Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Flora Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Continue List (239 more) ...
- Sweeney Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Green River Union Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Trinity Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 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 Plum Springs in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Plum Springs.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Plum Springs, with the one closest to Plum Springs listed first.
- Bristow
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Bristow is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bristow
- Girkin
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Girkin is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Girkin
- Sunnyside
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Sunnyside is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyside
- Bowling Green
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Bowling Green is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowling Green
- Population from the 2020 Census: 70,631 people
- Former names for Bowling Green:
- Bolin Green
- McFadden's Station
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bowling Green <1>
- Sand Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Sand Hill is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Hill
- Hardcastle
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hardcastle is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardcastle
- Polkville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Polkville is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polkville
- Memphis Junction
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Memphis Junction is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Memphis Junction
- Oakland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Oakland is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 217 people
- Richardsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Richardsville is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richardsville
- Greencastle
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Greencastle is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greencastle
- Motley
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Motley is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Motley
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Smiths Grove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Three Forks
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Three Forks is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Forks
- Rich Pond
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Rich Pond is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rich Pond
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Plum Springs. See our List of 1890's Communities around Plum Springs.
Newspapers Published in Plum 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 61 newspapers that have been published in the area around Plum Springs.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Plum Springs, there are papers which were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Plum Springs.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start with 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 Plum Springs:
- Websites specific to Kentucky
- Pages specific to Warren County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Allen County
- Barren County
- Butler County
- Edmonson County
- Grayson County
- Hart County
- Logan County
- Monroe County
- Ohio County
- Simpson County
- Robertson County
- Sumner 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- Plum Springs) 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 Plum Springs, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |