Our Genealogy Helper

Introduction ...

So far, we found very little information about Green Springs. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Green Springs to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Green Springs, please Contact Us.

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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 Green 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 Green 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 Green 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 have occurred.

For example, a typical abbreviation for Green Springs: Green Spgs. (or less commonly used: Green Spngs. or Green Sprngs.)

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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.

Although our information shows that the community of Green Springs is historic, it would have been located within present day White Pine County.

To see how the shape of Nevada's counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of White Pine County: Elko, Eureka, Lincoln, Nye, Juab (UT), Millard (UT) & Tooele (UT).

Below are the counties that are near Green Springs. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Green Springs:

• White Pine County     (The home county of Green Springs)
  • The following are listed by their distance from Green Springs, with the one closest to Green Springs listed first.
  • Eberhardt ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Eberhardt have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eberhardt
    • Eberhardt is located in White Pine County
  • Treasure City ‑ Historic
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Treasure City
    • Treasure City is located in White Pine County
    • Treasure City has also been known as:
    • Treasure Hill
  • Hamilton ‑ Historic
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamilton
    • Hamilton is located in White Pine County
  • Belmont Mill ‑ Historic
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmont Mill
    • Belmont Mill is located in White Pine County
  • Willow Grove
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Willow Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Grove
    • Willow Grove is located in White Pine County
  • Illipah ‑ Historic
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Illipah
    • Illipah is located in White Pine County
  • Preston ‑ Historic
    (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Preston
    • Preston is located in White Pine County
• Nye County
  • The following are listed by their distance from Green Springs, with the one closest to Green Springs listed first.
  • Bull Fork ‑ Historic
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bull Fork have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bull Fork
    • Bull Fork is located in Nye County
  • Duckwater
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duckwater
    • Duckwater is located in Nye County
  • Gold Point ‑ Historic
    (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold Point
    • Gold Point is located in Nye County

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Green Springs, see our County-by-County Page for Green Springs.

Newspapers Published in Green 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 7 newspapers that have been published in the area around Green Springs.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Green Springs, there are papers which were published within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Green Springs.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we begin 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 Green Springs:

• Websites specific to Nevada
  • Jump to Cyndi's List
  • Jump to Family Search
  • Jump to Genealogy Trails
  • Website for the Nevada State Library and Archives

• Pages specific to White Pine County
  • Jump to Cyndi's List
  • Jump to Family Search
  • Jump to Genealogy Trails

• Genealogy information for nearby counties
  • Nye County
    • Jump to Cyndi's List
    • Jump to Family Search
    • Jump to Genealogy Trails

• Cemetery Information and Directories for Nevada
  • Cemetery Junction: Cemeteries of Nevada
  • Cyndi's List
  • Cemeteries of Nevada
  • Cemeteries of White Pine County
  • FamilySearch.org: Cemeteries of Nevada
  • Find-A-Grave: Home Page
  • Interment.net
  • Cemeteries of Nevada
  • Cemeteries of White Pine County

Cemeteries Near Green Springs ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Green 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.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Green Springs covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Green Springs, with the one closest to Green Springs listed first.

• Eberhardt Cemetery
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Eberhardt Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Eberhardt Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2481346 <5>
• Treasure Hill Cemetery
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Treasure Hill Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Treasure Hill Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1963110 <5>
• Hamilton Cemetery
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Hamilton Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
  • The Hamilton Cemetery has also been known as:
  • Mourners Point Cemetery
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hamilton Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2171228 <5>
• Duckwater Cemetery
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Duckwater Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #83923 <5>
• Bradshaw Ranch Cemetery
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Bradshaw Ranch Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
  • To give a relative sense of its location, the Bradshaw Ranch Cemetery is located 7 miles [11.3 km]<3> to the northwest of Duckwater.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bradshaw Ranch Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2155514 <5>
• Preston Cemetery
  (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
  • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Preston Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Preston Cemetery
• Fenstermaker Grave
  (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Fenstermaker Grave. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Fenstermaker Grave

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.

While we didn't find Green Springs in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Green Springs.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Green Springs, with the one closest to Green Springs listed first.

• Eberhardt ‑ Historic
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Eberhardt have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eberhardt
  • Eberhardt is located in White Pine County
• Hamilton ‑ Historic
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamilton
  • Hamilton is located in White Pine County
• Duckwater
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duckwater
  • Duckwater is located in Nye County

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Green Springs. See our List of 1890's Communities around Green Springs.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for White Pine County: www.co.white-pine.nv.us/

The official website for State of Nevada: nv.gov/