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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals 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.
Silver Springs is located in Greene County.
To see how the shape of Ohio's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Greene County: Clark, Clinton, Fayette, Madison, Montgomery & Warren.
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:
- Greene 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.
- New Jasper
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- New Jasper is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Jasper
- Shawnee Hills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Shawnee Hills is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawnee Hills
- Xenia
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Wilberforce
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Pinewood Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Pinewood Village is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinewood Village
- Jamestown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Trebein
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Trebein is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trebein
- Trebein has also been known as:
- Beaver Station
- Beaver
- Frost Station
- Pickeneyville
- Pinckneyvile
- Spring Valley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Cedarville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Bowersville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Bowersville is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowersville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 332 people
- Roxanna
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Roxanna is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roxanna
- Bellbrook
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Brown County
- Saint Martin
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Saint Martin is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Martin
- Estimated population in 2011: 128 people
- Butler County
- The following are listed by their distance from Silver Springs, with the one closest to Silver Springs listed first.
- Poast Town Heights
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Poast Town Heights is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poast Town Heights
- Poast Town
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Poast Town is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poast Town
- Monroe
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Middletown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- South Middletown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- South Middletown is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Middletown
- Champaign County
- The following are listed by their distance from Silver Springs, with the one closest to Silver Springs listed first.
- Powhattan
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Powhattan is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powhattan
- Christiansburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Clark County
- The following are listed by their distance from Silver Springs, with the one closest to Silver Springs listed first.
- Cortsville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Cortsville is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cortsville
- Enon
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Green Hedges
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Green Hedges is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Hedges
- Green Meadows
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Green Meadows is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Meadows
- Holiday Valley
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Holiday Valley is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holiday Valley
- Shawnee Acres
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Shawnee Acres is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawnee Acres
- South Charleston
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Kenwood Heights
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Kenwood Heights is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenwood Heights
- Limestone City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Limestone City is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limestone City
- Crystal Lakes
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Crystal Lakes is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Lakes
- Park Layne
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Park Layne is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Layne
- Donnelsville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Donnelsville is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donnelsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 260 people
- Clinton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Silver Springs, with the one closest to Silver Springs listed first.
- Port William
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Port William is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port William
- Population from the 2020 Census: 247 people
- New Burlington
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- New Burlington is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Burlington
- North Kingman
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- North Kingman is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Kingman
- Wilmington
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Clinton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Clinton is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinton
- Sabina
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Clarksville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Lees Creek
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Lees Creek is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lees Creek
- Morrisville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Morrisville is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrisville
- Memphis
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Memphis is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Memphis
- Martinsville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Martinsville is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martinsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 439 people
- Midland
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Midland is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 317 people
- Fayette County
- The following are listed by their distance from Silver Springs, with the one closest to Silver Springs listed first.
- Octa
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Octa is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Octa
- Population from the 2020 Census: 59 people
- Milledgeville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Milledgeville is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milledgeville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 108 people
- Jeffersonville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Hagler
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Hagler is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hagler
- Yatesville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Yatesville is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yatesville
- Washington Court House
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Washington
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Washington is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington
- Bloomingburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Cook
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Cook is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cook
- Cook has also been known as:
- Cook Station
- Highland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Silver Springs, with the one closest to Silver Springs listed first.
- Highland
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Highland is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 251 people
- Leesburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Lynchburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Willettsville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Willettsville is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willettsville
- East Monroe
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- East Monroe is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Monroe
- Bridges
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bridges is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridges
- Madison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Silver Springs, with the one closest to Silver Springs listed first.
- South Solon
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- South Solon is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Solon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 362 people
- Midway
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Range
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Range is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Range
- London
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Summerford
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Summerford is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerford
- Chrisman
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Chrisman is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chrisman
- Choctaw Lake
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Choctaw Lake is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Choctaw Lake
- Miami County
- The following are listed by their distance from Silver Springs, with the one closest to Silver Springs listed first.
- Ginghamsburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Ginghamsburg is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ginghamsburg
- Alcony
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Alcony is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alcony
- Tipp City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Montgomery County
- The following are listed by their distance from Silver Springs, with the one closest to Silver Springs listed first.
- Centerville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Riverside
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Kettering
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Oakwood
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Oakwood is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,919 people
- Dayton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Hooks Corner
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Hooks Corner is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooks Corner
- Riverdale
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Riverdale is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverdale
- Gem City Estates
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Gem City Estates is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gem City Estates
- Moraine
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Huber Heights
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Sulphur Grove
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Sulphur Grove is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulphur Grove
- Oakwood Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Shelby County
- Riverside
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Riverside is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
- Warren County
- The following are listed by their distance from Silver Springs, with the one closest to Silver Springs listed first.
- Harveysburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Harveysburg is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harveysburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 569 people
- Corwin
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Waynesville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Kenricksville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Kenricksville is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenricksville
- Five Points
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Five Points is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
- Springboro
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Lebanon
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Osceola
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Osceola is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osceola
- Red Lion
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Red Lion is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Lion
- San Je Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- San Je Village is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Je Village
- Morrow
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Franklin
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Williams County
- Franklin
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Franklin is located in Williams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin
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.
- Hagler Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- McDonald Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McDonald Cemetery
- The McDonald Cemetery has also been known as:
- McDaniel Cemetery
- Lucas Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Shook Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Maple Corner Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Mt. Tabor Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Zoar Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Eleazor Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Dean Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Mercer Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Babb Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Babb Cemetery
- The Babb Cemetery has also been known as:
- Miller Farm Cemetery
- Painterville Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #39725 <2>
- New Hope Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (541 more) ...
- Lewis Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Bab Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Wilberforce Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
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 Silver Springs in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Silver Springs.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Silver Springs, with the one closest to Silver Springs listed first.
- New Jasper
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- New Jasper is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Jasper
- Paintersville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Paintersville is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paintersville
- Xenia
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Lumberton
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Lumberton is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lumberton
- Wilberforce
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Jamestown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Bryson ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Bryson is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bryson
- Spring Valley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- New Burlington
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- New Burlington is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Burlington
- Port William
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Port William is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port William
- Population from the 2020 Census: 247 people
- Oldtown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Oldtown is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oldtown
- Trebein
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Trebein is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trebein
- Trebein has also been known as:
- Beaver Station
- Beaver
- Frost Station
- Pickeneyville
- Pinckneyvile
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Roxanna
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Roxanna is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roxanna
- Gurneyville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Gurneyville is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gurneyville
- Bowersville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Bowersville is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowersville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 332 people
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 56 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 16 miles [25.7 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 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 Ohio
- Pages specific to Greene County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Brown County
- Butler County
- Champaign County
- Clark County
- Clinton County
- Fayette County
- Highland County
- Madison County
- Miami County
- Montgomery County
- Shelby County
- Warren County
- Williams County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Ohio
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 obstructions 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'. |