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 Springhill (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 Springhill. 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.
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.
Springhill 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 Springhill. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Springhill:
- Warren County (The home county of Springhill)
- The following are listed by their distance from Springhill, with the one closest to Springhill listed first.
- Bowling Green
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- 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>
- Plum Springs
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Plum Springs is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plum Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 542 people
- Rockfield
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Rockfield is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockfield
- Richardsville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Richardsville is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richardsville
- Gotts
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Gotts is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gotts
- Hadley
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Hadley is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hadley
- Rockland
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Rockland is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockland
- Woodburn
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Woodburn is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodburn
- Population from the 2020 Census: 372 people
- Alvaton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Anna
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Anna is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anna
- Drake
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Drake is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drake
- Oakland
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Oakland is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 217 people
- Claypool
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Claypool is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claypool
- Allen County
- The following are listed by their distance from Springhill, with the one closest to Springhill listed first.
- Trammel
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Trammel is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trammel
- Halfway
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Halfway is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halfway
- Mount Aerial
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Mount Aerial is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Aerial
- Halifax
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Halifax is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halifax
- Pope
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Pope is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pope
- Meador
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Meador is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meador
- Yesse
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Yesse is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yesse
- Red Hill
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Red Hill is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Hill
- Cedar Springs
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Cedar Springs is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Springs
- Scottsville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Petroleum
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Petroleum is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petroleum
- Adolphus
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Oak Forest
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Oak Forest is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Forest
- Barren County
- The following are listed by their distance from Springhill, with the one closest to Springhill listed first.
- Rocky Hill
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Rocky Hill is located in Barren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Hill
- Beckton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Beckton is located in Barren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beckton
- Lucas
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Park City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Austin
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Austin is located in Barren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austin
- Oil City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Oil City is located in Barren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oil City
- Highland Springs
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Highland Springs is located in Barren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Springs
- Haywood
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Haywood is located in Barren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haywood
- Cave City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Glasgow
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Butler County
- The following are listed by their distance from Springhill, with the one closest to Springhill listed first.
- Richelieu
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Richelieu is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richelieu
- Woodbury
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Woodbury is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodbury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 88 people
- Jetson
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Jetson is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jetson
- Whittinghill
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Whittinghill is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whittinghill
- Morgantown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Dunbar
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Dunbar is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunbar
- Quality
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Quality is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quality
- Brooklyn
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Brooklyn is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooklyn
- Aberdeen
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Silver City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Silver City is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver City
- Mining City
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Mining City is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mining City
- Harreldsville
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Harreldsville is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harreldsville
- Huntsville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Huntsville is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntsville
- Edmonson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Springhill, with the one closest to Springhill listed first.
- Roundhill
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Roundhill is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roundhill
- Brownsville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Rhoda
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Rhoda is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rhoda
- Rocky Hill
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Rocky Hill is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Hill
- Huff
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Huff is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huff
- Lindseyville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Lindseyville is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lindseyville
- Sunfish
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Sunfish is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunfish
- Sweeden
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Sweeden is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweeden
- Kyrock
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Kyrock is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kyrock
- Bee Spring
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Mammoth Cave
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Union City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Union City is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union City
- Stockholm
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Stockholm is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockholm
- Grayson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Springhill, with the one closest to Springhill listed first.
- Shrewsbury
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Shrewsbury is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shrewsbury
- Caneyville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Hart County
- Dogcreek
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Dogcreek is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dogcreek
- Logan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Springhill, with the one closest to Springhill listed first.
- South Union
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Auburn
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Lost City
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Lost City is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lost City
- Schochoh
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Schochoh is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schochoh
- Russellville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Lewisburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Wolf Lick
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Wolf Lick is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf Lick
- Cave Spring
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Cave Spring is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cave Spring
- Adairville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Ferguson
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Ferguson is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferguson
- Agnes
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Agnes is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Agnes
- Deer Lick
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Deer Lick is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Lick
- Muhlenberg County
- The following are listed by their distance from Springhill, with the one closest to Springhill listed first.
- Skilesville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Skilesville is located in Muhlenberg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skilesville
- Dunmor
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Ohio County
- The following are listed by their distance from Springhill, with the one closest to Springhill listed first.
- Arnold
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Arnold is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arnold
- Cromwell
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Cromwell is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cromwell
- 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 Springhill, with the one closest to Springhill listed first.
- Salmons
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Salmons is located in Simpson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salmons
- Gold City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Gold City is located in Simpson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold City
- Franklin
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Neosheo
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Neosheo is located in Simpson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neosheo
- Black Jack
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Black Jack is located in Simpson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Jack
- Prices Mill
(24 miles [38.6 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 Springhill, with the one closest to Springhill listed first.
- Black Jack
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Black Jack is located in Robertson County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Jack
- Mitchell
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Mitchell is located in Robertson County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchell
- Estimated population in 2014: 198 people
- Orlinda
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Mulloy
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Mulloy is located in Robertson County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mulloy
- Sumner County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Springhill, with the one closest to Springhill listed first.
- Mitchellville
(23 miles [37 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
- Fairfield
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Fairfield is located in Sumner County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield
- Sengtown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Sengtown is located in Sumner County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sengtown
- Sugar Grove
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Sugar Grove is located in Sumner County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Grove
- Corinth
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Corinth is located in Sumner County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corinth
- Portland
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Fountain Head
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Fountain Head is located in Sumner County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountain Head
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Springhill, see our County-by-County Page for Springhill.
Cemeteries Near Springhill ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Springhill.
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 Springhill - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Springhill covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Springhill, with the one closest to Springhill listed first.
- Sweeney Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Chapel Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Pioneer Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Fairview Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- St. Josephs Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Mt. Moriah Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- T L Stephens Briggs Family Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Isaac Stephens Family Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Chapman Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Trinity Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Continue List (336 more) ...
- Kimbrough Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Thomas Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Petty Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
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 Springhill in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Springhill.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Springhill, with the one closest to Springhill listed first.
- Bowling Green
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- 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>
- Memphis Junction
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Memphis Junction is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Memphis Junction
- Rich Pond
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Rich Pond is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rich Pond
- Rockfield
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Rockfield is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockfield
- Bristow
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Bristow is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bristow
- Hardcastle
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Hardcastle is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardcastle
- Richardsville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Richardsville is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richardsville
- Greencastle
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Greencastle is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greencastle
- Woodburn
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Woodburn is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodburn
- Population from the 2020 Census: 372 people
- Girkin
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Girkin is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Girkin
- Rockland
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Rockland is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockland
- Hadley
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Hadley is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hadley
- Continue List (19 more) ...
- Sunnyside
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Sunnyside is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyside
- Sand Hill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Sand Hill is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Hill
- South Union
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Springhill. See our List of 1890's Communities around Springhill.
Newspapers Published in Springhill ...
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 64 newspapers that have been published in the area around Springhill.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Springhill, there are papers which were published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Springhill.
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 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 Springhill:
- 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
- Muhlenberg 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 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Springhill) 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 Springhill, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |