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 Lock 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 Lock 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 Lock 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 Lock Springs: Lock Spgs. (or less commonly used: Lock Spngs. or Lock Sprngs.)
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Lock Springs. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Lock 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 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.
Lock Springs is located in Daviess County.
To see how the shape of Missouri's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Daviess County: Caldwell, DeKalb, Gentry, Grundy, Harrison & Livingston.
Below are the counties that are near Lock Springs. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Lock Springs:
- Daviess County (The home county of Lock Springs)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lock Springs, with the one closest to Lock Springs listed first.
- Jamesport
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Gallatin
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Jameson
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Altamont
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Altamont is located in Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altamont
- Population from the 2020 Census: 201 people
- Bancroft
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Bancroft is located in Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bancroft
- Winston
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Winston is located in Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 253 people
- Coffey
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Coffey is located in Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coffey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 163 people
- Mabel
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Mabel is located in Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mabel
- Pattonsburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Alta Vista ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Alta Vista is located in Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alta Vista
- Caldwell County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lock Springs, with the one closest to Lock Springs listed first.
- Breckenridge
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Breckenridge is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Breckenridge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 351 people
- Nettleton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Nettleton is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nettleton
- Proctorville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Proctorville is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Proctorville
- Hamilton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Gould Farm
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Gould Farm is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gould Farm
- Braymer
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Bonanza ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Bonanza is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonanza
- Kidder
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Kingston
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Kingston is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 332 people
- Cowgill
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Cowgill is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cowgill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 182 people
- Polo
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Carroll County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lock Springs, with the one closest to Lock Springs listed first.
- Latoh ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Latoh is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Latoh
- Asper ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Asper is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asper
- Mandeville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Mandeville is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mandeville
- Tina
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Tina is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tina
- Population from the 2020 Census: 142 people
- Hale
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Hale is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 391 people
- Stet
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Stet is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stet
- Bogard
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Clinton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lock Springs, with the one closest to Lock Springs listed first.
- Cameron
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Keystone ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Keystone is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keystone
- DeKalb County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lock Springs, with the one closest to Lock Springs listed first.
- Santa Rosa
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Santa Rosa is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Santa Rosa
- Weatherby
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Weatherby is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weatherby
- Population from the 2020 Census: 103 people
- Gentry County
- McFall
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- McFall is located in Gentry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McFall
- Population from the 2020 Census: 90 people
- Grundy County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lock Springs, with the one closest to Lock Springs listed first.
- Hickory Creek
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hickory Creek is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Creek
- Trenton
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Brimson
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Brimson is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brimson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 59 people
- Laredo
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Laredo is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laredo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 184 people
- Tindall
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Tindall is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tindall
- Population from the 2020 Census: 74 people
- Dunlap
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Dunlap is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunlap
- Spickard
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Galt
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Harrison County
- Gilman City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Linn County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lock Springs, with the one closest to Lock Springs listed first.
- Meadville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Meadville is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 425 people
- Fountain Grove
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Fountain Grove is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountain Grove
- Haseville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Haseville is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haseville
- Livingston County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lock Springs, with the one closest to Lock Springs listed first.
- Mooresville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Mooresville is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mooresville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 92 people
- Utica
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Utica is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Utica
- Population from the 2020 Census: 250 people
- Chillicothe
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Ludlow
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Ludlow is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ludlow
- Population from the 2020 Census: 126 people
- Farmersville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Farmersville is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmersville
- Dawn
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Chula
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Wheeling
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Wheeling is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheeling
- Population from the 2020 Census: 263 people
- Avalon
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Avalon is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avalon
- Bedford
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Bedford is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bedford
- Ray County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lock Springs, with the one closest to Lock Springs listed first.
- Georgeville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Georgeville is located in Ray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgeville
- Ovid ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Ovid is located in Ray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ovid
- Elmira
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Elmira is located in Ray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmira
- Population from the 2020 Census: 52 people
- Knoxville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Knoxville is located in Ray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knoxville
- Sullivan County
- Humphreys
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Humphreys is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Humphreys
- Population from the 2020 Census: 107 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Lock Springs, see our County-by-County Page for Lock Springs.
Cemeteries Near Lock Springs ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Lock 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 Lock Springs - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Lock Springs covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Lock Springs, with the one closest to Lock Springs listed first.
- Lock Springs Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Lick Fork Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Mt. Olive Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Payne Family Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Payne Family Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Payne Family Cemetery is located 6 miles [9.7 km]<3> to the southeast of Gallatin.
- The Payne Family Cemetery has also been known as:
- Payne Cemetery
- Payne Family Graveyard
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2406969 <2>
- Rose Hill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Lilly Grove Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Mooresville Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Hutchinson Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Dockery Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Prairie Valley Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Rosson Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (234 more) ...
- Thompson Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Livingston Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Whitt Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 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.<4>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Lock Springs had a population of 212 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Lock Springs had a population of 56 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Lock Springs, with the one closest to Lock Springs listed first.
- Carlow
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Carlow is located in Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carlow
- Genova
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Genova is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Genova
- Breckenridge
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Breckenridge is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Breckenridge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 351 people
- Mooresville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Mooresville is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mooresville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 92 people
- Springhill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Springhill is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springhill
- Jamesport
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Nettleton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Nettleton is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nettleton
- Utica
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Utica is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Utica
- Population from the 2020 Census: 250 people
- Wabash Crossing
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Wabash Crossing is located in Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wabash Crossing
- Gallatin
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Hickory Creek
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hickory Creek is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Creek
- Proctorville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Proctorville is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Proctorville
- Continue List (19 more) ...
- Chillicothe
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Hamilton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Ludlow
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Ludlow is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ludlow
- Population from the 2020 Census: 126 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Lock Springs. See our List of 1890's Communities around Lock Springs.
Newspapers Published in Lock 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 96 newspapers that have been published in the area around Lock Springs.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Lock Springs, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Lock Springs.
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 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 Lock Springs:
- Websites specific to Missouri
- Pages specific to Daviess County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Caldwell County
- Carroll County
- Clinton County
- DeKalb County
- Gentry County
- Grundy County
- Harrison County
- Linn County
- Livingston County
- Ray County
- Sullivan County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Missouri
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> | 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- Lock Springs) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Lock Springs, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |