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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 Spout 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 Spout 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 Spout 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 Spout Springs: Spout Spgs. (or less commonly used: Spout Spngs. or Spout Sprngs.)
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Spout Springs. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Spout 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors 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.
Spout Springs is located in Estill 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 Estill County: Clark, Jackson, Lee, Madison & Powell.
Below are the counties that are near Spout Springs. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Spout Springs:
- Estill County (The home county of Spout Springs)
- The following are listed by their distance from Spout Springs, with the one closest to Spout Springs listed first.
- Witt Springs
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Witt Springs is located in Estill County
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- Irvine
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Furnace
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Furnace is located in Estill County
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- Ravenna
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Winston
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Winston is located in Estill County
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- Miller's Creek
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Miller's Creek is located in Estill County
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- Wagersville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Wagersville is located in Estill County
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- Lynch Town
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Lynch Town is located in Estill County
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- Locust Branch
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Locust Branch is located in Estill County
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- Bath County
- The following are listed by their distance from Spout Springs, with the one closest to Spout Springs listed first.
- Little Slate Creek
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Little Slate Creek is located in Bath County
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- Peeled Oak
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Peeled Oak is located in Bath County
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- Mill Creek
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Mill Creek is located in Bath County
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- Preston
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Preston is located in Bath County
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- Pine Grove
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Pine Grove is located in Bath County
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- Suddith
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Suddith is located in Bath County
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- Black Sulpher Spring
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Olympia
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Olympia is located in Bath County
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- Owingsville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Reynoldsville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Reynoldsville is located in Bath County
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- Sharpsburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Sharpsburg is located in Bath County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 338 people
- Peasticks
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Peasticks is located in Bath County
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- Bourbon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Spout Springs, with the one closest to Spout Springs listed first.
- Austerlitz
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Austerlitz is located in Bourbon County
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- North Middletown
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- North Middletown is located in Bourbon County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 650 people
- Clintonville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Clintonville is located in Bourbon County
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- Stony Point
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Stony Point is located in Bourbon County
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- Little Rock
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Little Rock is located in Bourbon County
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- Jackstown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Jackstown is located in Bourbon County
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- Paris
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Clark County
- The following are listed by their distance from Spout Springs, with the one closest to Spout Springs listed first.
- Log Lick
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Log Lick is located in Clark County
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- Rabbit Town
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Rabbit Town is located in Clark County
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- Rightangle
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Rightangle is located in Clark County
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- Kiddville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Kiddville is located in Clark County
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- Winchester
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Boonesboro
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Boonesboro is located in Clark County
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- Ford
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Ford is located in Clark County
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- Renick
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Renick is located in Clark County
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- Pine Grove
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Pine Grove is located in Clark County
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- Wyandotte
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Wyandotte is located in Clark County
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- Fayette County
- The following are listed by their distance from Spout Springs, with the one closest to Spout Springs listed first.
- Athens
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Athens is located in Fayette County
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- Avon
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Avon is located in Fayette County
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- Columbus
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Columbus is located in Fayette County
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- Spears
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Spears is located in Fayette County
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- Uttingertown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Uttingertown is located in Fayette County
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- Cadentown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Cadentown is located in Fayette County
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- Montrose
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Montrose is located in Fayette County
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- Muir
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Muir is located in Fayette County
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- Deep Springs
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Deep Springs is located in Fayette County
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- Elmendorf
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Elmendorf is located in Fayette County
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- Fairway
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Fairway is located in Fayette County
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- Garrard County
- The following are listed by their distance from Spout Springs, with the one closest to Spout Springs listed first.
- Paint Lick
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Lowell
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Lowell is located in Garrard County
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- Nina
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Nina is located in Garrard County
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- Cartersville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Cartersville is located in Garrard County
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- Harlan County
- Rutherford
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Rutherford is located in Harlan County
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- Jackson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Spout Springs, with the one closest to Spout Springs listed first.
- Foxtown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Foxtown is located in Jackson County
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- Kerby Knob
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Kerby Knob is located in Jackson County
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- Sandgap
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Sandgap is located in Jackson County
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- Waneta
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Waneta is located in Jackson County
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- McKee
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Gray Hawk
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Gray Hawk is located in Jackson County
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- Jessamine County
- The following are listed by their distance from Spout Springs, with the one closest to Spout Springs listed first.
- Logana
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Logana is located in Jessamine County
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- Mount Lebanon
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Mount Lebanon is located in Jessamine County
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- Pollard
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Pollard is located in Jessamine County
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- Lawrence County
- Adeline
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Adeline is located in Lawrence County
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- Lee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Spout Springs, with the one closest to Spout Springs listed first.
- Zachariah
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Zachariah is located in Lee County
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- Zoe
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Zoe is located in Lee County
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- Fincastle
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Fincastle is located in Lee County
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- Heidelberg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Heidelberg is located in Lee County
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- Beattyville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Idamay
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Idamay is located in Lee County
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- Saint Helens
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Primrose
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Primrose is located in Lee County
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- Vada
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Vada is located in Lee County
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- Williba
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Williba is located in Lee County
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- Tallega
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Tallega is located in Lee County
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- Lone
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Lone is located in Lee County
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- Madison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Spout Springs, with the one closest to Spout Springs listed first.
- College Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- College Hill is located in Madison County
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- Bybee
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Bybee is located in Madison County
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- Waco
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Doylesville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Doylesville is located in Madison County
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- Elliston
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Elliston is located in Madison County
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- Moberly
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Moberly is located in Madison County
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- Union City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Union City is located in Madison County
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- Panola
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Panola is located in Madison County
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- Brassfield
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Brassfield is located in Madison County
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- Reeds Crossing
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Reeds Crossing is located in Madison County
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- Speedwell
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Speedwell is located in Madison County
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- Redhouse
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Redhouse is located in Madison County
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- Menifee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Spout Springs, with the one closest to Spout Springs listed first.
- Means
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Means is located in Menifee County
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- Rothwell
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Rothwell is located in Menifee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rothwell
- Frenchburg
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Mariba
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Mariba is located in Menifee County
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- Sudith
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Sudith is located in Menifee County
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- Denniston
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Denniston is located in Menifee County
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- Wellington
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Wellington is located in Menifee County
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- Korea
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Korea is located in Menifee County
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- Montgomery County
- The following are listed by their distance from Spout Springs, with the one closest to Spout Springs listed first.
- Levee
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Levee is located in Montgomery County
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- Camargo
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Camargo is located in Montgomery County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,151 people
- Jeffersonville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Prewitt
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Prewitt is located in Montgomery County
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- Reid Village
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Reid Village is located in Montgomery County
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- Spencer Village
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Spencer Village is located in Montgomery County
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- Mount Sterling
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Grassy Lick
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Grassy Lick is located in Montgomery County
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- Hope
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Hope is located in Montgomery County
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- Judy
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Judy is located in Montgomery County
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- Morgan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Spout Springs, with the one closest to Spout Springs listed first.
- Maytown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Maytown is located in Morgan County
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- Ezel
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Ezel is located in Morgan County
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- Ebon
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Ebon is located in Morgan County
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- Nicholas County
- Moorefield
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Moorefield is located in Nicholas County
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- Owsley County
- The following are listed by their distance from Spout Springs, with the one closest to Spout Springs listed first.
- Pebworth
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Pebworth is located in Owsley County
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- Travellers Rest
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Travellers Rest is located in Owsley County
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- Vincent
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Vincent is located in Owsley County
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- Booneville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lerose
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Lerose is located in Owsley County
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- Powell County
- The following are listed by their distance from Spout Springs, with the one closest to Spout Springs listed first.
- Vaughns Mill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Vaughns Mill is located in Powell County
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- Virden
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Virden is located in Powell County
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- Clay City
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Powell Valley
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Powell Valley is located in Powell County
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- Waltersville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Waltersville is located in Powell County
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- Piggville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Piggville is located in Powell County
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- Westbend
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Westbend is located in Powell County
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- Black Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Black Creek is located in Powell County
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- Old Clay City Road
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Old Clay City Road is located in Powell County
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- Hatton Creek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Hatton Creek is located in Powell County
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- Stanton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Paint Creek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Paint Creek is located in Powell County
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- Rockcastle County
- The following are listed by their distance from Spout Springs, with the one closest to Spout Springs listed first.
- Disputanta
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Disputanta is located in Rockcastle County
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- Climax
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Climax is located in Rockcastle County
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- Wolfe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Spout Springs, with the one closest to Spout Springs listed first.
- Rogers
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Pine Ridge
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Campton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Valeria
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Valeria is located in Wolfe County
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- Mary
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Mary is located in Wolfe County
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- Toliver
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Toliver is located in Wolfe County
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- Bethany
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bethany is located in Wolfe County
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- Hazel Green
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Hazel Green is located in Wolfe County
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For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Spout Springs, see our County-by-County Page for Spout Springs.
Cemeteries Near Spout Springs ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Spout 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 Spout Springs - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Spout Springs covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Spout Springs, with the one closest to Spout Springs listed first.
- Jackson Chapel Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Salem Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Elkin Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Lorrison Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Clark Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Dawson Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Cottman Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Stone Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Skyler King Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Dugan Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Owen Walling Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Clay City Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (476 more) ...
- Puckett Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Webber Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Wells Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
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>
While we didn't find Spout Springs in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Spout Springs.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Spout Springs, with the one closest to Spout Springs listed first.
- Iron Mound
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Iron Mound is located in Estill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron Mound
- Clay City
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Waltersville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Waltersville is located in Powell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waltersville
- Virden
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Virden is located in Powell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Virden
- Log Lick
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Log Lick is located in Clark County
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- Sams
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Sams is located in Estill County
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- Rightangle
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Rightangle is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rightangle
- Westbend
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Westbend is located in Powell County
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- Fox
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Fox is located in Estill County
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- Stanton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Knowlton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Knowlton is located in Powell County
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- College Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- College Hill is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for College Hill
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- West Irvine
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- West Irvine is located in Estill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Irvine
- Irvine
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Furnace
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Furnace is located in Estill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Furnace
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Spout Springs. See our List of 1890's Communities around Spout Springs.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Spout 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 17 newspapers that have been published in the area around Spout Springs.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Spout Springs. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Spout Springs and those printed in the larger area surrounding Spout Springs.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 9 miles [14.5 km]<4> of Spout 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 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 Spout Springs:
- Websites specific to Kentucky
- Pages specific to Estill County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bath County
- Bourbon County
- Clark County
- Fayette County
- Garrard County
- Harlan County
- Jackson County
- Jessamine County
- Lawrence County
- Lee County
- Madison County
- Menifee County
- Montgomery County
- Morgan County
- Nicholas County
- Owsley County
- Powell County
- Rockcastle County
- Wolfe 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> | 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 Spout Springs, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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 from Point A (ie- Spout Springs) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |