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 Garden (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 Garden. 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 Garden ...
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 Garden: Spring Gdn. (or less commonly used: Spring Gardn., Spring Grden. or Spring Grdn.)
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Spring Garden. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Spring Garden.
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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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 Garden is located in Union County.
To see how the shape of Pennsylvania's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Union County: Centre, Clinton, Lycoming, Mifflin, Northumberland & Snyder.
Below are the counties that are near Spring Garden. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Spring Garden:
- Union County (The home county of Spring Garden)
- The following are listed by their distance from Spring Garden, with the one closest to Spring Garden listed first.
- Allenwood
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Alvira ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Alvira is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alvira
- Former name for Alvira:
- Wisetown
- New Columbia
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- West Milton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- West Milton is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Milton
- Mazeppa
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Mazeppa is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mazeppa
- Lewisburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Linntown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Linntown is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linntown
- Red Bank
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Red Bank is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Bank
- New Berlin
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Mifflinburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Dry Valley Crossroads
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Hartleton
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Hartleton is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartleton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 275 people
- Centre County
- The following are listed by their distance from Spring Garden, with the one closest to Spring Garden listed first.
- Livonia
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Livonia is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Livonia
- Wolfs Store
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Wolfs Store is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolfs Store
- Woodward
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Fiedler
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Fiedler is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fiedler
- Rebersburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Clinton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Spring Garden, with the one closest to Spring Garden listed first.
- Rauchtown
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Rauchtown is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rauchtown
- Loganton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Avis
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- McElhattan
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Youngdale
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Youngdale is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Youngdale
- Greenburr
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Greenburr is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenburr
- Dunnstown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Dunnstown is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunnstown
- Rote
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Rote is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rote
- Castanea
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Swissdale
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Swissdale is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swissdale
- Lock Haven
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Salona
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Salona is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salona
- Columbia County
- The following are listed by their distance from Spring Garden, with the one closest to Spring Garden listed first.
- Jerseytown
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Jerseytown is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerseytown
- Iola
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Iola is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iola
- Millville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Eyers Grove
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Eyers Grove is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eyers Grove
- Mordansville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Mordansville is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mordansville
- Buckhorn
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Buckhorn is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckhorn
- Coles Mill
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Coles Mill is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coles Mill
- Greenwood
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Greenwood is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
- Welliversville
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Welliversville is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welliversville
- Grovania
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Grovania is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grovania
- Bloomsburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Fernville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Fernville is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fernville
- Juniata County
- Richfield
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Lycoming County
- The following are listed by their distance from Spring Garden, with the one closest to Spring Garden listed first.
- Maple Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Maple Hill is located in Lycoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Hill
- Montgomery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- South Williamsport
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Montoursville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Muncy
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Duboistown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Duboistown is located in Lycoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duboistown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,170 people
- Williamsport
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Faxon
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Faxon is located in Lycoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Faxon
- Newberry
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Newberry is located in Lycoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newberry
- Garden View
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Garden View is located in Lycoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden View
- Grimesville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Grimesville is located in Lycoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grimesville
- Collomsville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Collomsville is located in Lycoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collomsville
- Montour County
- The following are listed by their distance from Spring Garden, with the one closest to Spring Garden listed first.
- Exchange
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Exchange is located in Montour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Exchange
- Washingtonville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Washingtonville is located in Montour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washingtonville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 270 people
- Mooresburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Mooresburg is located in Montour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mooresburg
- Danville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Mechanicsville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Mechanicsville is located in Montour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mechanicsville
- Northumberland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Spring Garden, with the one closest to Spring Garden listed first.
- Dewart
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Watsontown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- McEwensville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Turbotville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Milton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Milton is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,550 people
- Potts Grove
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Northumberland
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Chulasky
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Chulasky is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chulasky
- Riverside
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Sunbury
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Keefers
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Keefers is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keefers
- Rushtown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Rushtown is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rushtown
- Snyder County
- The following are listed by their distance from Spring Garden, with the one closest to Spring Garden listed first.
- Kratzerville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Kratzerville is located in Snyder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kratzerville
- Penns Creek
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Shamokin Dam
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Hummels Wharf
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Globe Mills
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Globe Mills is located in Snyder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Globe Mills
- Kreamer
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Selinsgrove
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Middleburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Coon Hunter
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Coon Hunter is located in Snyder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coon Hunter
- Freeburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Freeburg is located in Snyder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 566 people
- Paxtonville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Paxtonville is located in Snyder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paxtonville
- Troxelville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Troxelville is located in Snyder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troxelville
- Sullivan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Spring Garden, with the one closest to Spring Garden listed first.
- Beech Glen
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Beech Glen is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beech Glen
- Ogdonia
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Ogdonia is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogdonia
- Hillsgrove
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Sonestown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Eagles Mere
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Long Brook
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Long Brook is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Brook
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Spring Garden, see our County-by-County Page for Spring Garden.
Cemeteries Near Spring Garden ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Spring Garden.
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 Garden - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Spring Garden covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Spring Garden, with the one closest to Spring Garden listed first.
- White Deer Baptist Church Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Washington Presbyterian Church Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington Presbyterian Church Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Washington Presbyterian Church Cemetery is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<2> to the northwest of Allenwood.
- The Washington Presbyterian Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Washington Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #46586 <3>
- Allenwood Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allenwood Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Allenwood Cemetery is located outside and to the southwest of Allenwood.
- The Allenwood Cemetery has also been known as:
- Uniontown Cemetery
- Alvira Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Christ Lutheran Stone Church Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Fairview Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- St. John's UMC Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Klopp Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Klopp Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Klopp Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<2> to the northwest of New Columbia.
- The Klopp Cemetery has also been known as:
- Clapp Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1976715 <3>
- Clinton Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Green Lawn Memorial Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- White Deer Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Highland Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (139 more) ...
- Stitzel Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Milton Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Old Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
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 Garden in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Spring Garden.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Spring Garden, with the one closest to Spring Garden listed first.
- Allenwood
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Alvira ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Alvira is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alvira
- Former name for Alvira:
- Wisetown
- Dewart
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Watsontown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Maple Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Maple Hill is located in Lycoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Hill
- Elimsport
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Elimsport is located in Lycoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elimsport
- New Columbia
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- McEwensville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Warrior Run
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Warrior Run is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warrior Run
- West Milton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- West Milton is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Milton
- Saegers
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Saegers is located in Lycoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saegers
- Kelly Point
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Kelly Point is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelly Point
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Milton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Milton is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,550 people
- South Williamsport
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Turbotville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Spring Garden. See our List of 1890's Communities around Spring Garden.
Newspapers Published in Spring Garden ...
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 43 newspapers that have been published in the area around Spring Garden.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Spring Garden, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Spring Garden.
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 websites either 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 Garden:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Union County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Centre County
- Clinton County
- Columbia County
- Juniata County
- Lycoming County
- Montour County
- Northumberland County
- Snyder County
- Sullivan County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Pennsylvania
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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Spring Garden) 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 Garden, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |