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 Gap (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 Gap. 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Spring Gap is located in Allegany County.
To see how the shape of Maryland's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Allegany County: Garrett, Washington, Bedford (PA), Fulton (PA), Somerset (PA), Hampshire (WV), Mineral (WV) & Morgan (WV).
Below are the counties that are near Spring Gap. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Spring Gap:
- Allegany County (The home county of Spring Gap)
- The following are listed by their distance from Spring Gap, with the one closest to Spring Gap listed first.
- Oldtown
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Cedar Cliff
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Cedar Cliff is located in Allegany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Cliff
- Cumberland
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Shanty Town ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Shanty Town is located in Allegany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shanty Town
- Brady
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Brady is located in Allegany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brady
- Cresaptown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Pinto
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Pinto is located in Allegany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinto
- La Vale
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Frost ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Frost is located in Allegany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frost
- Rush
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Rush is located in Allegany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rush
- Rawlings
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Corriganville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Corriganville is located in Allegany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corriganville
- Mount Savage Junction
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Garrett County
- The following are listed by their distance from Spring Gap, with the one closest to Spring Gap listed first.
- Avilton
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Avilton is located in Garrett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avilton
- Bloomington
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Bloomington is located in Garrett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomington
- Grantsville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Kitzmiller
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Bittinger
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Swanton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Washington County
- The following are listed by their distance from Spring Gap, with the one closest to Spring Gap listed first.
- Pearre
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Pearre is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearre
- Hancock
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Bedford County (PA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Spring Gap, with the one closest to Spring Gap listed first.
- Cooks Mills
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Cooks Mills is located in Bedford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooks Mills
- Stringtown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Stringtown is located in Bedford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stringtown
- Beans Cove
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Beans Cove is located in Bedford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beans Cove
- Hyndman
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Purcell
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Purcell is located in Bedford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Purcell
- Rainsburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Rainsburg is located in Bedford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rainsburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 128 people
- Robinsonville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Robinsonville is located in Bedford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinsonville
- Charlesville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Charlesville is located in Bedford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charlesville
- Kegg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Kegg is located in Bedford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kegg
- Manns Choice
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Fulton County (PA)
- Warfordsburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Somerset County (PA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Spring Gap, with the one closest to Spring Gap listed first.
- Wellersburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Wellersburg is located in Somerset County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wellersburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 169 people
- Wittenberg
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Wittenberg is located in Somerset County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wittenberg
- Fairhope
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Callimont
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Callimont is located in Somerset County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Callimont
- Population from the 2020 Census: 38 people
- Johnsburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Glade City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Glade City is located in Somerset County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glade City
- Boynton
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Boynton is located in Somerset County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boynton
- Hays Mill
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Hays Mill is located in Somerset County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hays Mill
- Meyersdale
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Salisbury
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Coal Run
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Coal Run is located in Somerset County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal Run
- West Meyersdale
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- West Meyersdale is located in Somerset County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Meyersdale
- West Salisbury
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- West Salisbury is located in Somerset County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Salisbury
- Frederick County (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Spring Gap, with the one closest to Spring Gap listed first.
- Good
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Good is located in Frederick County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Good
- Collinsville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Collinsville is located in Frederick County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collinsville
- Cross Junction
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Nordic Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Nordic Village is located in Frederick County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nordic Village
- Shockeysville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Shockeysville is located in Frederick County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shockeysville
- Lehew
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lehew is located in Frederick County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lehew
- Siler
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Siler is located in Frederick County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siler
- Rock Enon Springs
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Rock Enon Springs is located in Frederick County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Enon Springs
- Hampshire County (WV)
- The following are listed by their distance from Spring Gap, with the one closest to Spring Gap listed first.
- Donaldson
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Donaldson is located in Hampshire County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donaldson
- Springfield
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Ritters
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Ritters is located in Hampshire County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ritters
- Okonoko
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Okonoko is located in Hampshire County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Okonoko
- Points
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Points is located in Hampshire County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Points
- Three Churches
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Three Churches is located in Hampshire County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Churches
- Wapocomo
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Wapocomo is located in Hampshire County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wapocomo
- Higginsville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Higginsville is located in Hampshire County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Higginsville
- Vance
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Vance is located in Hampshire County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vance
- Romney
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Romney is located in Hampshire County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Romney
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,680 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Romney <1>
- Slanesville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Slanesville is located in Hampshire County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slanesville
- Augusta
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Junction
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Junction is located in Hampshire County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Junction
- Hardy County (WV)
- Inkerman
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Inkerman is located in Hardy County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inkerman
- Mineral County (WV)
- The following are listed by their distance from Spring Gap, with the one closest to Spring Gap listed first.
- Wiley Ford
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Carpendale
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Carpendale is located in Mineral County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carpendale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 900 people
- Fort Ashby
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Short Gap
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Short Gap is located in Mineral County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Short Gap
- Ridgeley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Headsville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Headsville is located in Mineral County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Headsville
- Keyser
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Piedmont
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Burlington
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- New Creek
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Windom ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Windom is located in Mineral County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windom
- Shaw
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Shaw is located in Mineral County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shaw
- Elk Garden
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Morgan County (WV)
- The following are listed by their distance from Spring Gap, with the one closest to Spring Gap listed first.
- Paw Paw
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Magnolia
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Magnolia is located in Morgan County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia
- Hansrote
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Hansrote is located in Morgan County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hansrote
- Doe Gully
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Doe Gully is located in Morgan County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doe Gully
- Orleans Cross Roads
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Orleans Cross Roads is located in Morgan County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orleans Cross Roads
- Woodmont
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Woodmont is located in Morgan County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodmont
- Oakland
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Oakland is located in Morgan County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
- Bath
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Bath is located in Morgan County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bath
- Population from the 2020 Census: 587 people
- Berkeley Springs
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Berryville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Berryville is located in Morgan County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berryville
- Stotlers Crossroads
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Stotlers Crossroads is located in Morgan County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stotlers Crossroads
- Hancock
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Hancock is located in Morgan County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hancock
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Spring Gap, see our County-by-County Page for Spring Gap.
Cemeteries Near Spring Gap ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Spring Gap.
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 Gap - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Spring Gap covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Spring Gap, with the one closest to Spring Gap listed first.
- Hardy Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Wesleyan Memorial Park
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Methodist Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Davis Memorial Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- St. Mary's Burial Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Mary's Burial Park
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Mary's Burial Park is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the south of Cumberland.
- The St. Mary's Burial Park has also been known as:
- St. Mary's Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #640865 <2>
- Abe Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Long Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Frankfort Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Ilechiter Monnett Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Inkeep Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Rice Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Veterans of Foreign Wars Burial Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Continue List (237 more) ...
- Oldtown Catholic Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Oldtown United Methodist Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Hartsock Cemetery
(5 miles [8 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.<3>
While we didn't find Spring Gap in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Spring Gap.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Spring Gap, with the one closest to Spring Gap listed first.
- Patterson Creek
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Patterson Creek is located in Mineral County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patterson Creek
- Donaldson
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Donaldson is located in Hampshire County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donaldson
- Green Spring
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Green Spring is located in Hampshire County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Spring
- Oldtown
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Seymour
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Seymour is located in Mineral County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seymour
- Cumberland
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Ridgeley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Brady
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Brady is located in Allegany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brady
- Cresaptown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Pinto
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Pinto is located in Allegany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinto
- Bier
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Bier is located in Allegany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bier
- Rawlings
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Continue List (20 more) ...
- Springfield
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Rush
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Rush is located in Allegany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rush
- Grace
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Grace is located in Hampshire County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grace
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Spring Gap. See our List of 1890's Communities around Spring Gap.
Newspapers Published in Spring Gap ...
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 33 newspapers that have been published in the area around Spring Gap.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Spring Gap, there are papers which were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Spring Gap.
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 websites either 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 Gap:
- Websites specific to Maryland
- Pages specific to Allegany County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Garrett County
- Washington County
- Bedford County
- Fulton County
- Somerset County
- Frederick County
- Hampshire County
- Hardy County
- Mineral County
- Morgan County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Maryland
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 Spring Gap, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Spring Gap) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |