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 Lake (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 Lake. 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 Lake ...
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 Spring Lake: Spring Lk.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Spring Lake. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Spring Lake.
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.
Spring Lake is located in Cumberland County.
To see how the shape of North Carolina's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Cumberland County: Bladen, Harnett, Hoke, Moore, Robeson & Sampson.
Below are the counties that are near Spring Lake. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Spring Lake:
- Cumberland County (The home county of Spring Lake)
- The following are listed by their distance from Spring Lake, with the one closest to Spring Lake listed first.
- Manchester
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Manchester is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manchester
- Fort Bragg
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- North Point Village
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- North Point Village is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Point Village
- Shaw
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Shaw is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shaw
- Shaw has also been known as:
- Shaw Heights
- Bonnie Doone
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Holly Springs
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Holly Springs is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Springs
- Kingsford
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Kingsford is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsford
- Highland Village
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Highland Village is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Village
- Fayetteville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Williams Village
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Williams Village is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams Village
- Cumberland
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Eastover
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Eastover is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastover
- Estimated population in 2015: 3,677 people
- Bladen County
- Jerome
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Jerome is located in Bladen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerome
- Chatham County
- The following are listed by their distance from Spring Lake, with the one closest to Spring Lake listed first.
- Corinth
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Corinth is located in Chatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corinth
- Brickhaven
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Brickhaven is located in Chatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brickhaven
- Harnett County
- The following are listed by their distance from Spring Lake, with the one closest to Spring Lake listed first.
- Twin Lakes
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Twin Lakes is located in Harnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Lakes
- Overhills
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Overhills is located in Harnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Overhills
- Anderson Creek
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Anderson Creek is located in Harnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson Creek
- Spout Springs
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Spout Springs is located in Harnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spout Springs
- Flat Branch
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Flat Branch is located in Harnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Branch
- Walkertown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Walkertown is located in Harnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walkertown
- Johnsonville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Johnsonville is located in Harnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnsonville
- Pineview
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Pineview is located in Harnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pineview
- Barbecue
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Barbecue is located in Harnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barbecue
- Norrington Crossroads
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Fonville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Fonville is located in Harnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fonville
- Bunnlevel
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Bunnlevel is located in Harnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bunnlevel
- Hoke County
- The following are listed by their distance from Spring Lake, with the one closest to Spring Lake listed first.
- Rockfish
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Rockfish is located in Hoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockfish
- Silver City
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Silver City is located in Hoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver City
- Dundarrach
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Dundarrach is located in Hoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dundarrach
- Raeford
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Gold Hill
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Gold Hill is located in Hoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold Hill
- Timberland
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Timberland is located in Hoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timberland
- Ashley Heights
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Ashley Heights is located in Hoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashley Heights
- Bowmore
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Bowmore is located in Hoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowmore
- Five Points
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Five Points is located in Hoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
- Johnston County
- The following are listed by their distance from Spring Lake, with the one closest to Spring Lake listed first.
- McKoy
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- McKoy is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKoy
- Benson
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Peacocks Crossroads
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Peacocks Crossroads is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peacocks Crossroads
- Lee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Spring Lake, with the one closest to Spring Lake listed first.
- Swann
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Swann is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swann
- Carolina Trace
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Carolina Trace is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carolina Trace
- Lemon Springs
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Lemon Springs is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lemon Springs
- Broadway
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Edgewater Estates
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Edgewater Estates is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgewater Estates
- Quail Ridge
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Quail Ridge is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quail Ridge
- Saint Andrews
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Saint Andrews is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Andrews
- Jonesboro Heights
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Jonesboro Heights is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonesboro Heights
- Parkwood Estates
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Parkwood Estates is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkwood Estates
- San-Lee Park
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- San-Lee Park is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San-Lee Park
- Tramway
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Tramway is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tramway
- White Hill
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- White Hill is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Hill
- Moore County
- The following are listed by their distance from Spring Lake, with the one closest to Spring Lake listed first.
- Mount Pleasant
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Moore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Vass
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Cameron
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Lakeview
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Lakeview is located in Moore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
- Whispering Pines
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Southern Pines
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Aberdeen
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Pinehurst
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Carthage
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Pinebluff
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Silver Springs
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Silver Springs is located in Moore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Springs
- Taylortown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Taylortown is located in Moore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylortown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 880 people
- Robeson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Spring Lake, with the one closest to Spring Lake listed first.
- Parkton
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Lumber Bridge
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Lumber Bridge is located in Robeson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lumber Bridge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 87 people
- Rex
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Rex is located in Robeson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rex
- Saint Pauls
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Shannon
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Shannon is located in Robeson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shannon
- Rennert
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Rennert is located in Robeson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rennert
- Population from the 2020 Census: 373 people
- Red Springs
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Rozier Siding ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Rozier Siding is located in Robeson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rozier Siding
- Philadelphus
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Philadelphus is located in Robeson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Philadelphus
- Sampson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Spring Lake, with the one closest to Spring Lake listed first.
- Autryville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Autryville is located in Sampson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Autryville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 191 people
- Plain View
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Plain View is located in Sampson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plain View
- Rebel City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Rebel City is located in Sampson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rebel City
- Huntley
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Huntley is located in Sampson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntley
- Spiveys Corner
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Spiveys Corner is located in Sampson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spiveys Corner
- Salemburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Roseboro
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Reynolds Crossroads
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Reynolds Crossroads is located in Sampson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reynolds Crossroads
- Scotland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Spring Lake, with the one closest to Spring Lake listed first.
- Crump Town
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Crump Town is located in Scotland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crump Town
- New Town
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- New Town is located in Scotland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Town
- Wagram
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Wake County
- The following are listed by their distance from Spring Lake, with the one closest to Spring Lake listed first.
- Kennebec
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Kennebec is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kennebec
- Wilbon
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Wilbon is located in Wake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilbon
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Spring Lake, see our County-by-County Page for Spring Lake.
Cemeteries Near Spring Lake ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Spring Lake.
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 Lake - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Spring Lake covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Spring Lake, with the one closest to Spring Lake listed first.
- St. Andrews UMC Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- New Hope Baptist Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Old Bethel Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Lafayette Memorial Park
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Longstreet Presbyterian Church Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Armstrong Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Elmwood Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Northside Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- McArtan Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Cross Creek Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Black Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Hair Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hair Cemetery
- The Hair Cemetery has also been known as:
- Hair - Massey Hill Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2542392 <3>
- Continue List (162 more) ...
- Holt Morgan Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Cumberland Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Mt. Zion AME Church Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
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 Spring Lake in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Spring Lake.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Spring Lake, with the one closest to Spring Lake listed first.
- Manchester
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Manchester is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manchester
- Fayetteville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Spout Springs
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Spout Springs is located in Harnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spout Springs
- Cumberland
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Carlos
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Carlos is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carlos
- Hope Mills
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Vander
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Vander is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vander
- Wade
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Bunnlevel
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Bunnlevel is located in Harnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bunnlevel
- Grays Creek
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Grays Creek is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grays Creek
- Roslin
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Roslin is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roslin
- Godwin
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Averasboro ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Averasboro is located in Harnett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Averasboro
- Cedar Creek
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Cedar Creek is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Creek
- Stedman
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Spring Lake. See our List of 1890's Communities around Spring Lake.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Spring Lake ...
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 67 newspapers that have been published in the area around Spring Lake.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Spring Lake. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Spring Lake and those printed in the larger area surrounding Spring Lake.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> of Spring Lake.
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 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 Spring Lake:
- Websites specific to North Carolina
- Pages specific to Cumberland County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bladen County
- Chatham County
- Harnett County
- Hoke County
- Johnston County
- Lee County
- Moore County
- Robeson County
- Sampson County
- Scotland County
- Wake County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for North Carolina
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' (or 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- Spring Lake) 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 Spring Lake, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |