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 Spring Ridge (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 Spring Ridge. 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 Spring Ridge ...
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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Spring Ridge: Spring Rdg. (or less commonly used: Spring Rdge. or Spring Ridg.)
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Spring Ridge. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Spring Ridge.
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 Parishes ...
When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring parishes.
For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the northeast corner of their home parish. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next parish to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the parish to the north.
So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring parishes instead of the parish in which they lived: their home parish contained property and probate records; the parish to the east contained birth and death records; the parish to the north contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring parishes, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.
If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.
Spring Ridge is located in Catahoula Parish.
To see how the shape of Louisiana's parishes may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following parishes adjoin and form the boundaries of Catahoula Parish: Avoyelles, Caldwell, Concordia, Franklin, La Salle & Tensas.
Below are the parishes that are near Spring Ridge. For each of these parishes, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Spring Ridge:
- Catahoula Parish (The home parish of Spring Ridge)
- The following are listed by their distance from Spring Ridge, with the one closest to Spring Ridge listed first.
- Aimwell
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Rosefield
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Rosefield is located in Catahoula Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosefield
- Enterprise
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Enterprise is located in Catahoula Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterprise
- Harrisonburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Rhinehart
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Utility
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Utility is located in Catahoula Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Utility
- Jonesville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Trinity
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Trinity is located in Catahoula Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trinity
- Sicily Island
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Sicily Island is located in Catahoula Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sicily Island
- Population from the 2020 Census: 438 people
- Greenville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Greenville is located in Catahoula Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenville
- Wildwood
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Wildwood is located in Catahoula Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildwood
- Parhams
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Parhams is located in Catahoula Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parhams
- Caldwell Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Spring Ridge, with the one closest to Spring Ridge listed first.
- Fredericksburg ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Fredericksburg is located in Caldwell Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fredericksburg
- Clarks
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Kelly
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Grayson
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Banks Springs
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Banks Springs is located in Caldwell Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banks Springs
- Columbia
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Mount Pleasant
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Caldwell Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Concordia Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Spring Ridge, with the one closest to Spring Ridge listed first.
- Chevey Chase
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Chevey Chase is located in Concordia Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chevey Chase
- Wildsville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Dunbarton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Dunbarton is located in Concordia Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunbarton
- Athlone
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Athlone is located in Concordia Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Athlone
- Clayton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- West Ferriday
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- West Ferriday is located in Concordia Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Ferriday
- Ferriday
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Sycamore
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Sycamore is located in Concordia Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sycamore
- Armagh
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Armagh is located in Concordia Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armagh
- Monterey
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Monterey is located in Concordia Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monterey
- Ridgecrest
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Ridgecrest is located in Concordia Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgecrest
- Population from the 2020 Census: 585 people
- Franklin Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Spring Ridge, with the one closest to Spring Ridge listed first.
- Extension
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Extension is located in Franklin Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Extension
- Fort Necessity
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Jigger
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Elam
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Elam is located in Franklin Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elam
- Wisner
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Liddieville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Liddieville is located in Franklin Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liddieville
- Chase
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Gilbert
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Winnsboro
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Grant Parish
- Georgetown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- La Salle Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Spring Ridge, with the one closest to Spring Ridge listed first.
- Summerville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Summerville is located in La Salle Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerville
- Jena
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Midway
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Midway is located in La Salle Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
- Trout
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Standard
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Standard is located in La Salle Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Standard
- Olla
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Sharp Town
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Sharp Town is located in La Salle Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharp Town
- Urania
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Tullos
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Zenoria
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Zenoria is located in La Salle Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zenoria
- Tensas Parish
- Highland
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Highland is located in Tensas Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
- Winn Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Spring Ridge, with the one closest to Spring Ridge listed first.
- Flat Creek
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Flat Creek is located in Winn Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Creek
- Newport
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Newport is located in Winn Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newport
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Spring Ridge, see our Parish-by-Parish Page for Spring Ridge.
Cemeteries Near Spring Ridge ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Spring Ridge.
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 Spring Ridge - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Spring Ridge covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Spring Ridge, with the one closest to Spring Ridge listed first.
- Spring Ridge Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Old Spring Ridge Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Siloam Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Randall Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Aimwell Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- McClendon Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Catahoula Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Rosefield Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Fisher Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Ford Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Pritchard Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (233 more) ...
- Blythe Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Heard Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Lively Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
Nearby Communities in 1895 ...
We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.<2>
While we didn't find Spring Ridge in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Spring Ridge.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Spring Ridge, with the one closest to Spring Ridge listed first.
- Aimwell
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Rosefield
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Rosefield is located in Catahoula Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosefield
- Enterprise
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Enterprise is located in Catahoula Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterprise
- Manifest
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Manifest is located in Catahoula Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manifest
- Harrisonburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Rhinehart
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Copenhagen
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Copenhagen is located in Caldwell Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copenhagen
- Fredericksburg ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Fredericksburg is located in Caldwell Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fredericksburg
- Holum
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Holum is located in Caldwell Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holum
- Leland
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Leland is located in Catahoula Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leland
- Utility
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Utility is located in Catahoula Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Utility
- Jonesville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Trinity
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Trinity is located in Catahoula Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trinity
- Holly Grove
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Holly Grove is located in Franklin Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Grove
- Fort Necessity
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Spring Ridge. See our List of 1890's Communities around Spring Ridge.
Newspapers Published in Spring Ridge ...
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 23 newspapers that have been published in the area around Spring Ridge.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Spring Ridge, there are papers which were published within 27 miles [43.5 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Spring Ridge.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with 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 Spring Ridge:
- Websites specific to Louisiana
- Pages specific to Catahoula Parish
- Genealogy information for nearby parishes
- Caldwell Parish
- Concordia Parish
- Franklin Parish
- Grant Parish
- La Salle Parish
- Tensas Parish
- Winn Parish
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Louisiana
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> | 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 Spring Ridge, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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 from Point A (ie- Spring Ridge) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |