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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 Fountain Spring (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 Fountain Spring. 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 Fountain Spring ...
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 Fountain Spring: Fountain Spg. (or less commonly used: Fountain Spng. or Fountain Sprng.)
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Fountain Spring. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Fountain Spring .
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 northwest 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 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 west 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.
Fountain Spring is located in Providence County .
To see how the shape of the state's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries .
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Providence County : Windham (CT) , Bristol (MA) , Norfolk (MA) , Worcester (MA) , Bristol & Kent .
Below are the counties that are near Fountain Spring. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Fountain Spring:
Providence County (The home county of Fountain Spring)
The following are listed by their distance from Fountain Spring, with the one closest to Fountain Spring listed first.
Greenville (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
Greenville is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenville Centerdale (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
Centerdale is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerdale Esmond (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
Esmond is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Esmond Smithfield (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
Smithfield is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smithfield Population from the 2020 Census: 21,842 people
Spragueville (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
Spragueville is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spragueville Johnston (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
Johnston is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnston Population from the 2020 Census: 29,366 people
North Providence (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
North Providence is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Providence Population from the 2020 Census: 32,507 people
North Providence (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
North Providence is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Providence Harmony (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
Harmony is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony North Scituate (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
North Scituate is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Scituate Hanton City ‑ Historic(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
Hanton City is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanton City Hanton City has also been known as:
Lost City Simmonsville (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
Simmonsville is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simmonsville Dyerville (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
Dyerville is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dyerville Bristol County
The following are listed by their distance from Fountain Spring, with the one closest to Fountain Spring listed first.
Annawomscutt (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
Annawomscutt is located in Bristol County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Annawomscutt Barrington (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
Barrington is located in Bristol County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrington Population from the 2020 Census: 16,015 people
Barrington (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
Barrington is located in Bristol County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrington Warren (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
Warren is located in Bristol County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warren Population from the 2020 Census: 10,469 people
Warren (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
Warren is located in Bristol County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warren Bristol (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
Bristol is located in Bristol County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bristol Population from the 2020 Census: 21,866 people
Bristol (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
Bristol is located in Bristol County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bristol Coggeshall (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
Coggeshall is located in Bristol County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coggeshall Kent County
The following are listed by their distance from Fountain Spring, with the one closest to Fountain Spring listed first.
Arkwright (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
Arkwright is located in Kent County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arkwright Phenix (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
Phenix is located in Kent County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phenix Norwood (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
Norwood is located in Kent County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norwood West Warwick (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
West Warwick is located in Kent County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Warwick Hillsgrove (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
Hillsgrove is located in Kent County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsgrove Apponaug (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
Apponaug is located in Kent County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apponaug Coventry (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
Coventry is located in Kent County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coventry Quidnick (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
Quidnick is located in Kent County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quidnick West Warwick (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
West Warwick is located in Kent County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Warwick Population from the 2020 Census: 28,967 people
Cowesett (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
Cowesett is located in Kent County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cowesett Spring Lake (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
Spring Lake is located in Kent County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Lake Kettle Corner (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
Kettle Corner is located in Kent County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kettle Corner Shawomet (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
Shawomet is located in Kent County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawomet Newport County
The following are listed by their distance from Fountain Spring, with the one closest to Fountain Spring listed first.
Prudence Island (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
Prudence Island is located in Newport County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prudence Island Melville (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
Melville is located in Newport County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melville Jamestown (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
Jamestown is located in Newport County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown Population from the 2020 Census: 5,482 people
Portsmouth (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
Portsmouth is located in Newport County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portsmouth Population from the 2020 Census: 17,108 people
Portsmouth (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
Portsmouth is located in Newport County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portsmouth Tiverton (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
Tiverton is located in Newport County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tiverton Lawtons (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
Lawtons is located in Newport County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawtons Bliss Corners (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
Bliss Corners is located in Newport County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bliss Corners Jamestown (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
Jamestown is located in Newport County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown Middletown (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
Middletown is located in Newport County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middletown Tiverton Four Corners (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
Tiverton (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
Tiverton is located in Newport County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tiverton Population from the 2020 Census: 15,569 people
Middletown (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
Middletown is located in Newport County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middletown Population from the 2020 Census: 15,803 people
Washington County
The following are listed by their distance from Fountain Spring, with the one closest to Fountain Spring listed first.
Mount View (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
Mount View is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount View Austin (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
Austin is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austin Exeter (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
Exeter is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Exeter Wickford Junction (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
Wickford Junction is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wickford Junction Wickford (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
Wickford is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wickford Lewis City (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
Lewis City is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewis City Belleville (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
Belleville is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belleville Exeter (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
Exeter is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Exeter Population from the 2020 Census: 6,531 people
North Kingstown (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
North Kingstown is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Kingstown Population from the 2020 Census: 26,278 people
North Kingstown (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
North Kingstown is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Kingstown Allenton (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
Allenton is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allenton Arcadia (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
Arcadia is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcadia Liberty (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
Liberty is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty New London County (CT)
The following are listed by their distance from Fountain Spring, with the one closest to Fountain Spring listed first.
Voluntown (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
Voluntown is located in New London County (CT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Voluntown Population from the 2020 Census: 2,500 people
Voluntown (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
Griswold (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
Griswold is located in New London County (CT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griswold Population from the 2020 Census: 11,660 people
Glasgo (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
Jewett City (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
Lisbon (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
Lisbon is located in New London County (CT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lisbon Population from the 2020 Census: 4,238 people
Windham County (CT)
The following are listed by their distance from Fountain Spring, with the one closest to Fountain Spring listed first.
East Killingly (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
Ballouville (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
Killingly (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
Killingly is located in Windham County (CT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Killingly Population from the 2020 Census: 17,305 people
South Killingly (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
South Killingly is located in Windham County (CT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Killingly East Thompson (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
East Thompson is located in Windham County (CT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Thompson Putnam Heights (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
Putnam Heights is located in Windham County (CT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Putnam Heights Putnam (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
Putnam is located in Windham County (CT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Putnam Population from the 2020 Census: 9,372 people
Oneco (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
Sterling (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
Sterling is located in Windham County (CT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sterling Population from the 2020 Census: 3,764 people
Sterling (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
Danielson (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
Dayville (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
Thompson (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
Bristol County (MA)
The following are listed by their distance from Fountain Spring, with the one closest to Fountain Spring listed first.
North Seekonk (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
North Seekonk is located in Bristol County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Seekonk Seekonk (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
Seekonk is located in Bristol County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seekonk Population from the 2020 Census: 15,851 people
Attleborough City (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
Attleborough City is located in Bristol County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Attleborough City Harris (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
Harris is located in Bristol County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris Dodgeville (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
Dodgeville is located in Bristol County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodgeville South Rehoboth (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
South Rehoboth is located in Bristol County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Rehoboth Attleboro Falls (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
Attleboro Falls is located in Bristol County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Attleboro Falls Attleboro (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
Attleboro is located in Bristol County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Attleboro Population from the 2020 Census: 45,444 people
North Attleboro (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
North Attleboro is located in Bristol County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Attleboro Population from the 2020 Census: 29,470 people
Briggs Corner (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
Briggs Corner is located in Bristol County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briggs Corner Rehoboth (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
Rehoboth is located in Bristol County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rehoboth Population from the 2020 Census: 12,503 people
Chartley (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
Chartley is located in Bristol County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chartley Hortonville (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
Hortonville is located in Bristol County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hortonville Middlesex County (MA)
The following are listed by their distance from Fountain Spring, with the one closest to Fountain Spring listed first.
Metcalf (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
Metcalf is located in Middlesex County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Metcalf Hayden Row (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
Hayden Row is located in Middlesex County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayden Row Holliston (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
Holliston is located in Middlesex County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holliston Population from the 2020 Census: 14,880 people
East Holliston (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
East Holliston is located in Middlesex County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Holliston Hopkinton (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
Hopkinton is located in Middlesex County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopkinton Population from the 2020 Census: 18,624 people
Woodville (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
Woodville is located in Middlesex County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodville South Sherborn (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
South Sherborn is located in Middlesex County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Sherborn Ashland (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
Ashland is located in Middlesex County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashland Population from the 2020 Census: 17,887 people
Sherborn (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
Sherborn is located in Middlesex County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherborn Population from the 2020 Census: 4,383 people
Framingham (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
Framingham is located in Middlesex County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Framingham Population from the 2020 Census: 73,892 people
Natick (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
Natick is located in Middlesex County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Natick Population from the 2020 Census: 35,766 people
Norfolk County (MA)
The following are listed by their distance from Fountain Spring, with the one closest to Fountain Spring listed first.
Burnt Swamp Corner (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
Burnt Swamp Corner is located in Norfolk County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnt Swamp Corner Plainville (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
Plainville is located in Norfolk County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainville Population from the 2020 Census: 9,280 people
Sheldonville (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
Sheldonville is located in Norfolk County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheldonville Bellingham (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
Bellingham is located in Norfolk County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellingham Population from the 2020 Census: 17,336 people
Franklin (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
Franklin is located in Norfolk County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin Population from the 2020 Census: 34,711 people
Wrentham (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
Wrentham is located in Norfolk County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wrentham Population from the 2020 Census: 12,083 people
Acorn Terrace (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
Acorn Terrace is located in Norfolk County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acorn Terrace Medway (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
Medway is located in Norfolk County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medway Population from the 2020 Census: 13,443 people
Foxborough (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
Foxborough is located in Norfolk County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foxborough Population from the 2020 Census: 18,398 people
Norfolk (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
Norfolk is located in Norfolk County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norfolk Population from the 2020 Census: 11,938 people
North Foxboro (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
North Foxboro is located in Norfolk County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Foxboro Pondville (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
Pondville is located in Norfolk County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pondville Rockville (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
Rockville is located in Norfolk County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockville Plymouth County (MA)
The following are listed by their distance from Fountain Spring, with the one closest to Fountain Spring listed first.
Cochesett (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
Cochesett is located in Plymouth County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cochesett West Bridgewater (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
West Bridgewater is located in Plymouth County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bridgewater Population from the 2020 Census: 7,310 people
Bridgewater (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
Bridgewater is located in Plymouth County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgewater Population from the 2020 Census: 27,689 people
Lakeville (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
Lakeville is located in Plymouth County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeville Population from the 2020 Census: 11,698 people
Elmwood (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
Elmwood is located in Plymouth County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmwood North Lakeville (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
North Lakeville is located in Plymouth County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Lakeville Brockton (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
Brockton is located in Plymouth County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brockton Population from the 2020 Census: 95,770 people
Worcester County (MA)
The following are listed by their distance from Fountain Spring, with the one closest to Fountain Spring listed first.
Blackstone (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
Blackstone is located in Worcester County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackstone Population from the 2020 Census: 9,209 people
Millerville (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
Millerville is located in Worcester County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millerville Millville (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
Millville is located in Worcester County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millville Population from the 2020 Census: 3,236 people
East Blackstone (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
East Blackstone is located in Worcester County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Blackstone Uxbridge (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
Uxbridge is located in Worcester County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uxbridge Population from the 2020 Census: 14,352 people
North Uxbridge (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
North Uxbridge is located in Worcester County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Uxbridge South Milford (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
South Milford is located in Worcester County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Milford Linwood (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
Linwood is located in Worcester County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linwood Mendon (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
Mendon is located in Worcester County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mendon Population from the 2020 Census: 6,233 people
White City (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
White City is located in Worcester County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White City Douglas (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
Douglas is located in Worcester County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Douglas Population from the 2020 Census: 9,117 people
East Douglas (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
East Douglas is located in Worcester County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Douglas Hopedale (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
Hopedale is located in Worcester County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopedale Population from the 2020 Census: 5,934 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Fountain Spring, see our County-by-County Page for Fountain Spring .
Cemeteries Near Fountain Spring ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Fountain Spring.
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 Fountain Spring - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Fountain Spring covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Fountain Spring, with the one closest to Fountain Spring listed first.
Highland Memorial Park (Less than 2 miles to the east)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Memorial Park To give a relative sense of its location, the Highland Memorial Park is a very large cemetery that is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<2> Providence . The Highland Memorial Park has also been known as:
Highland Memorial Park Cemetery Jump to the Rhode Island Historical Cemetery Commission: RIHCC ID #JN008 <3>
Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1572077 <4>
Abial Mowry Lot (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
Abel Mowry Lot (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
Greenville Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the west)
Woodlawn Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
Colvin Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
Waterman Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
Elder Stephen Sweet Lot (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
Smithfield Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
Glenford Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
Intervale Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
Alfred Smith Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alfred Smith Cemetery To give a relative sense of its location, the Alfred Smith Cemetery is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<2> Greenville . The Alfred Smith Cemetery has also been known as:
Alfred Smith Lot Jump to the Rhode Island Historical Cemetery Commission: RIHCC ID #SM062 <3>
Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2257265 <4>
Continue List (890 more) ...
Welcome Sprague Lot (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
Salisbury Family Graves (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
Remington Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
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.<5>
While we didn't find Fountain Spring in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Fountain Spring.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Fountain Spring, with the one closest to Fountain Spring listed first.
Greenville (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
Greenville is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenville Georgiaville (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
Georgiaville is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgiaville North Scituate (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
North Scituate is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Scituate Manton (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
Manton is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manton Lymansville (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
Lymansville is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lymansville Allendale (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
Allendale is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allendale Stillwater (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
Stillwater is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stillwater Harmony (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
Harmony is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony Smithfield (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
Smithfield is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smithfield Hughesdale (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
Hughesdale is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hughesdale Dyerville (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
Dyerville is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dyerville Thornton (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
Thornton is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thornton Continue List (21 more) ...
Primrose (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
Primrose is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Primrose South Scituate ‑ Historic(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
South Scituate is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Scituate Knightsville (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
Knightsville is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knightsville
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Fountain Spring. See our List of 1890's Communities around Fountain Spring .
Newspapers Published in Fountain Spring ...
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 35 newspapers that have been published in the area around Fountain Spring.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Fountain Spring, there are papers which were published within 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> Extended Newspaper List for Fountain Spring.
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 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 Fountain Spring:
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Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Fountain Spring. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page .
The official website for State of Rhode Island: https://www.ri.gov/
Footnotes ...
<1> While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. 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 from Point A (ie- Fountain Spring) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. The Rhode Island Historical Cemetery Commission (RIHCC) has created and maintains a database of cemeteries. More information about the RIHCC can be found on their website: rihistoriccemeteries.org . 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 . 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 Fountain Spring, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.