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 Silver 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 Silver 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 Silver 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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Silver Springs: Silver Spgs. (or less commonly used: Silver Spngs. or Silver Sprngs.)
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Silver Springs. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Silver 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.
Silver Springs is located in Tippah County.
To see how the shape of Mississippi's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Tippah County: Alcorn, Benton, Prentiss, Union & Hardeman (TN).
Below are the counties that are near Silver Springs. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Silver Springs:
- Tippah County (The home county of Silver Springs)
- The following are listed by their distance from Silver Springs, with the one closest to Silver Springs listed first.
- Falkner
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Tiplersville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Tiplersville is located in Tippah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tiplersville
- Dumas
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Dumas is located in Tippah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dumas
- Population from the 2020 Census: 474 people
- Ripley
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Clarysville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Clarysville is located in Tippah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarysville
- Walnut
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Blue Mountain
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Blue Mountain is located in Tippah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Mountain
- Population from the 2020 Census: 933 people
- Lowrey
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Lowrey is located in Tippah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowrey
- Whitten Town
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Whitten Town is located in Tippah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitten Town
- Gravestown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Gravestown is located in Tippah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravestown
- Alcorn County
- The following are listed by their distance from Silver Springs, with the one closest to Silver Springs listed first.
- Hightown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hightown is located in Alcorn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hightown
- Kossuth
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Allentown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Allentown is located in Alcorn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allentown
- Biggersville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Biggersville is located in Alcorn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biggersville
- Rienzi
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Rienzi is located in Alcorn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rienzi
- Population from the 2020 Census: 304 people
- Searcy Town
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Searcy Town is located in Alcorn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Searcy Town
- Corinth
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Jacinto
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Jacinto is located in Alcorn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacinto
- Glen
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Glen is located in Alcorn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen
- Population from the 2020 Census: 406 people
- Glens
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Glens is located in Alcorn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glens
- Farmington
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Farmington is located in Alcorn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,160 people
- Benton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Silver Springs, with the one closest to Silver Springs listed first.
- Canaan
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Canaan is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canaan
- Ashland
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Pine Grove
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Pine Grove is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Grove
- Hickory Flat
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Snow Lake Shores
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Snow Lake Shores is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snow Lake Shores
- Population from the 2020 Census: 291 people
- Michigan City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Itawamba County
- Kirkville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Kirkville is located in Itawamba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirkville
- Lee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Silver Springs, with the one closest to Silver Springs listed first.
- Corrona
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Corrona is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corrona
- Boggan Bend
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Boggan Bend is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boggan Bend
- Guntown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Jug Fork
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Jug Fork is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jug Fork
- Birmingham
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Birmingham is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birmingham
- Saltillo
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Pontotoc County
- Sherman
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Prentiss County
- The following are listed by their distance from Silver Springs, with the one closest to Silver Springs listed first.
- Pisgah
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Pisgah is located in Prentiss County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pisgah
- Jumpertown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Jumpertown is located in Prentiss County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jumpertown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 477 people
- Blackland
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Blackland is located in Prentiss County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackland
- Geeville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Geeville is located in Prentiss County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geeville
- Booneville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Lake City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lake City is located in Prentiss County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake City
- Wheeler
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Wheeler is located in Prentiss County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheeler
- Altitude
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Altitude is located in Prentiss County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altitude
- Baldwyn
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Burton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Burton is located in Prentiss County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burton
- Marietta
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Marietta is located in Prentiss County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marietta
- Population from the 2020 Census: 253 people
- New Site
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- New Site is located in Prentiss County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Site
- Tishomingo County
- The following are listed by their distance from Silver Springs, with the one closest to Silver Springs listed first.
- Burnsville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Holcut
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Holcut is located in Tishomingo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holcut
- Paden
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Paden is located in Tishomingo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paden
- Population from the 2020 Census: 112 people
- Union County
- The following are listed by their distance from Silver Springs, with the one closest to Silver Springs listed first.
- Molino
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Molino is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Molino
- Graham
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Graham is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham
- Alpine
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Alpine is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpine
- Ellistown
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Ellistown is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellistown
- Mound City
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Mound City is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mound City
- Glenfield
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Glenfield is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenfield
- New Albany
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Myrtle
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Blue Springs
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Ingomar
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Ingomar is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingomar
- Darden
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Darden is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darden
- Fayette County (TN)
- Grand Junction
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hardeman County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Silver Springs, with the one closest to Silver Springs listed first.
- Essary Springs
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Essary Springs is located in Hardeman County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Essary Springs
- Middleton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Rogers Springs
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Rogers Springs is located in Hardeman County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogers Springs
- Saulsbury
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Saulsbury is located in Hardeman County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saulsbury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 90 people
- McNairy County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Silver Springs, with the one closest to Silver Springs listed first.
- Chewalla
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Chewalla is located in McNairy County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chewalla
- Guys
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Guys is located in McNairy County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guys
- Population from the 2020 Census: 430 people
- Ramer
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Eastview
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Eastview is located in McNairy County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastview
- Population from the 2020 Census: 702 people
- Caffey
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Caffey is located in McNairy County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caffey
- Falcon
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Falcon is located in McNairy County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falcon
- Michie
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Selmer
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Rose Creek
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Rose Creek is located in McNairy County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Creek
- Tulu
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Tulu is located in McNairy County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tulu
- Estimated population in 2014: 18,899 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Silver Springs, see our County-by-County Page for Silver Springs.
Cemeteries Near Silver Springs ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Silver 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 Silver Springs - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Silver Springs covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Silver Springs, with the one closest to Silver Springs listed first.
- Richardson Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Spout Springs Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Lowrey Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Medford Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Bethel Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Lebanon Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Cedar Mound Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Pleasant Ridge Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Rogers Chapel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Shiloh Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh Cemetery
- The Shiloh Cemetery has also been known as:
- Shiloh Church Cemetery
- Shiloh Independent Methodist Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #62741 <2>
- Peoples Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Golden Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Continue List (513 more) ...
- Mt. Olive Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Waldon Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Chapman Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Silver Springs had a population of 45 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Silver Springs, with the one closest to Silver Springs listed first.
- Mitchell
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Mitchell is located in Tippah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchell
- Hightown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hightown is located in Alcorn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hightown
- Falkner
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Ripley
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Dumas
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Dumas is located in Tippah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dumas
- Population from the 2020 Census: 474 people
- Kossuth
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Tiplersville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Tiplersville is located in Tippah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tiplersville
- Blackland
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Blackland is located in Prentiss County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackland
- Theo
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Theo is located in Alcorn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Theo
- Walnut
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Gift
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Gift is located in Alcorn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gift
- Geeville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Geeville is located in Prentiss County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geeville
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Booneville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Rienzi
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Rienzi is located in Alcorn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rienzi
- Population from the 2020 Census: 304 people
- Cuba
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Cuba is located in Alcorn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuba
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Silver Springs. See our List of 1890's Communities around Silver Springs.
Newspapers Published in Silver 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 45 newspapers that have been published in the area around Silver Springs.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Silver Springs, there are papers which were published within 26 miles [41.8 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Silver 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 Silver Springs:
- Websites specific to Mississippi
- Pages specific to Tippah County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Alcorn County
- Benton County
- Itawamba County
- Lee County
- Pontotoc County
- Prentiss County
- Tishomingo County
- Union County
- Fayette County
- Hardeman County
- McNairy County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Mississippi
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 Silver Springs, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Silver Springs) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |