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 Hill (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 Hill. 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.
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 Hill is located in Bradford 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 Bradford County: Chemung (NY), Tioga (NY), Lycoming, Sullivan, Susquehanna, Tioga & Wyoming.
Below are the counties that are near Spring Hill. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Spring Hill:
- Bradford County (The home county of Spring Hill)
- The following are listed by their distance from Spring Hill, with the one closest to Spring Hill listed first.
- Wyalusing
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Sugar Run
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Limehill
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Limehill is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limehill
- Asylum
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Asylum is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asylum
- Homets Ferry
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Homets Ferry is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homets Ferry
- Herrickville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Herrickville is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herrickville
- Le Raysville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Le Raysville is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Le Raysville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 271 people
- New Era
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- New Era is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Era
- Wilmot
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Wilmot is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilmot
- Standing Stone
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Standing Stone is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Standing Stone
- South Hill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- South Hill is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Hill
- Marshview
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Marshview is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshview
- Allis Hollow
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Allis Hollow is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allis Hollow
- Columbia County
- Jamison City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Jamison City is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamison City
- Lackawanna County
- The following are listed by their distance from Spring Hill, with the one closest to Spring Hill listed first.
- La Plume
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- La Plume is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Plume
- Dalton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Carpenter Town
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Carpenter Town is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carpenter Town
- Glenburn
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Glenburn is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenburn
- Schultzville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Schultzville is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schultzville
- Waverly
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Craig
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Craig is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craig
- East Benton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- East Benton is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Benton
- Clarks Summit
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Milwaukee
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Milwaukee is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milwaukee
- Scott
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Scott is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scott
- Clarks Green
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Clarks Green is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarks Green
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,383 people
- Edella
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Edella is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edella
- Luzerne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Spring Hill, with the one closest to Spring Hill listed first.
- Ricketts ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Ricketts is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ricketts
- Harveys Lake
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Kunkle
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Kunkle is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kunkle
- Lake
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Lake is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake
- Loyalville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Loyalville is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loyalville
- Orange
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Orange is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange
- Back Mountain
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Back Mountain is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Back Mountain
- Lehman
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Meeker
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Meeker is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meeker
- Pikes Creek
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Pikes Creek is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pikes Creek
- Dallas
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Red Rock
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Red Rock is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Rock
- Carverton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Carverton is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carverton
- Sullivan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Spring Hill, with the one closest to Spring Hill listed first.
- Dushore
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Shinerville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Shinerville is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shinerville
- Bernice
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Bernice is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bernice
- Millview
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Millview is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millview
- Laporte
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Forksville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Lincoln Falls
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Lincoln Falls is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Falls
- Long Brook
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Long Brook is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Brook
- Eagles Mere
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Piatt
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Piatt is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piatt
- Sonestown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Susquehanna County
- The following are listed by their distance from Spring Hill, with the one closest to Spring Hill listed first.
- Rushville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Rushville is located in Susquehanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rushville
- Auburn Four Corners
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Auburn Four Corners is located in Susquehanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auburn Four Corners
- Elk Lake
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Elk Lake is located in Susquehanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Lake
- Springville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Fairdale
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Fairdale is located in Susquehanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairdale
- Tyler
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Tyler is located in Susquehanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyler
- Forest Lake
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Forest Lake is located in Susquehanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Lake
- Friendsville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- South Montrose
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Montrose
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Little Meadows
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Tiffany
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Tiffany is located in Susquehanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tiffany
- Choconut
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Choconut is located in Susquehanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Choconut
- Wyoming County
- The following are listed by their distance from Spring Hill, with the one closest to Spring Hill listed first.
- Laceyville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Skinners Eddy
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Skinners Eddy is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skinners Eddy
- Jenningsville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Jenningsville is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jenningsville
- Stowell
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Stowell is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stowell
- Meshoppen
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Mehoopany Station
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Mehoopany Station is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mehoopany Station
- Forkston
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Forkston is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forkston
- Avery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Avery is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avery
- Lemon
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Lemon is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lemon
- Vosburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Vosburg is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vosburg
- Lake Carey
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Lake Carey is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Carey
- Marcy
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Marcy is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marcy
- Tunkhannock
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Broome County (NY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Spring Hill, with the one closest to Spring Hill listed first.
- Hawleyton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Hawleyton is located in Broome County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawleyton
- Vestal
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Endicott
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Endwell
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Willow Point
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Willow Point is located in Broome County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Point
- Conklin Station
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Conklin Station is located in Broome County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conklin Station
- Corbettsville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Binghamton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Conklin
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Kirkwood
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Riverside
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Riverside is located in Broome County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
- Chemung County (NY)
- Chemung
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Tioga County (NY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Spring Hill, with the one closest to Spring Hill listed first.
- East Nichols
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- East Nichols is located in Tioga County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Nichols
- South Owego
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- South Owego is located in Tioga County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Owego
- Nichols
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Hoopers Valley
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Hoopers Valley is located in Tioga County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoopers Valley
- Apalachin
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Lounsberry
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Lounsberry is located in Tioga County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lounsberry
- Smithboro
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Campville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Campville is located in Tioga County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campville
- Barton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Waverly
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Owego
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Gaskill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Gaskill is located in Tioga County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gaskill
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Spring Hill, see our County-by-County Page for Spring Hill.
Cemeteries Near Spring Hill ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Spring Hill.
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 Hill - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Spring Hill covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Spring Hill, with the one closest to Spring Hill listed first.
- Spring Hill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Lyon Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Quimby Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Merryall Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Quicks Bend Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Beaver Meadow Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Lacey Street Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Boles Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- West Auburn Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Fowler Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- North Flat Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Ballibay Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (246 more) ...
- South Herrick Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Homet Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Jersey Hill 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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Spring Hill had a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Spring Hill, with the one closest to Spring Hill listed first.
- Silvara
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Silvara is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silvara
- Merryall
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Merryall is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merryall
- Camptown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Camptown is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camptown
- Wyalusing
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Laceyville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Skinners Eddy
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Skinners Eddy is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skinners Eddy
- West Auburn
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- West Auburn is located in Susquehanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Auburn
- Stevensville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Terrytown
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Terrytown is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terrytown
- Sugar Run
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- South Auburn
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- South Auburn is located in Susquehanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Auburn
- Limehill
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Limehill is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limehill
- Continue List (19 more) ...
- Retta
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Retta is located in Susquehanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Retta
- Rushville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Rushville is located in Susquehanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rushville
- Rummerfield
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Rummerfield is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rummerfield
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Spring Hill. See our List of 1890's Communities around Spring Hill.
Newspapers Published in Spring Hill ...
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 39 newspapers that have been published in the area around Spring Hill.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Spring Hill, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Spring Hill.
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 Spring Hill:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Bradford County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Columbia County
- Lackawanna County
- Luzerne County
- Sullivan County
- Susquehanna County
- Wyoming County
- Broome County
- Chemung County
- Tioga 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> | 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Spring Hill) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Hill, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |