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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Boiling Springs. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Boiling Springs to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Boiling Springs, please Contact Us.
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 Boiling 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 Boiling 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 Boiling Springs ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Boiling Springs: Boiling Spgs. (or less commonly used: Boiling Spngs. or Boiling Sprngs.)
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Boiling Springs. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Boiling 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 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 north.
So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived: their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the east contained birth and death records; the county to the north contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.
If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.
Although our information shows that the community of Boiling Springs is historic, it would have been located within present day Montgomery County.
To see how the shape of Tennessee's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Montgomery County: Christian (KY), Todd (KY), Cheatham, Dickson, Houston, Robertson & Stewart.
Below are the counties that are near Boiling Springs. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Boiling Springs:
- Montgomery County (The home county of Boiling Springs)
- The following are listed by their distance from Boiling Springs, with the one closest to Boiling Springs listed first.
- Stryker Village
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Stryker Village is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stryker Village
- Woodlawn
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Louise Heights
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Louise Heights is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louise Heights
- Estimated population in 2014: 5,715 people
- Oakwood
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Oakwood is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood
- Dotsonville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Dotsonville is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dotsonville
- Clarksville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Saint Bethlehem
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Wingate West
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Wingate West is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wingate West
- Estimated population in 2014: 954 people
- Swan Lake Village
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Swan Lake Village is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swan Lake Village
- Oakridge
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Oakridge is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakridge
- Estimated population in 2014: 29,303 people
- Sango
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Sango is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sango
- Liverworth
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Liverworth is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liverworth
- Cheatham County
- The following are listed by their distance from Boiling Springs, with the one closest to Boiling Springs listed first.
- Henrietta
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Henrietta is located in Cheatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henrietta
- Estimated population in 2014: 921 people
- Neptune
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Neptune is located in Cheatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neptune
- Cheap Hill
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Cheap Hill is located in Cheatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheap Hill
- Estimated population in 2014: 173,778 people
- Lockertsville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Lockertsville is located in Cheatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockertsville
- Estimated population in 2014: 885 people
- Pleasant View
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Dickson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Boiling Springs, with the one closest to Boiling Springs listed first.
- Slayden
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Slayden is located in Dickson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slayden
- Population from the 2020 Census: 207 people
- Woods Valley
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Woods Valley is located in Dickson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woods Valley
- Dunn Chapel
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Dunn Chapel is located in Dickson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunn Chapel
- Stayton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Stayton is located in Dickson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stayton
- Vanleer
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Bellsburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bellsburg is located in Dickson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellsburg
- Houston County
- The following are listed by their distance from Boiling Springs, with the one closest to Boiling Springs listed first.
- Brownsville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Brownsville is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsville
- Estimated population in 2014: 9,974 people
- Erin
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Tennessee Ridge
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Omega ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Omega is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omega
- McKinnon
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- McKinnon is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKinnon
- Robertson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Boiling Springs, with the one closest to Boiling Springs listed first.
- Adams
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Holmansville ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Holmansville is located in Robertson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holmansville
- Stroudville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Stroudville is located in Robertson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stroudville
- Cedar Hill
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Sandy Springs
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Sandy Springs is located in Robertson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Springs
- Stewart County
- The following are listed by their distance from Boiling Springs, with the one closest to Boiling Springs listed first.
- Parker Town ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Parker Town is located in Stewart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parker Town
- Legate
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Legate is located in Stewart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Legate
- Indian Mound
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Throckmorton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Throckmorton is located in Stewart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Throckmorton
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,692 people
- Cumberland City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Bumpus Mills
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Dover
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Dover is located in Stewart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,578 people
- Former name for Dover:
- Monroe
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dover <2>
- Snider
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Snider is located in Stewart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snider
- Caldwell County (KY)
- Cobb
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Cobb is located in Caldwell County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobb
- Christian County (KY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Boiling Springs, with the one closest to Boiling Springs listed first.
- Garrettsburg
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Garrettsburg is located in Christian County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garrettsburg
- Oak Grove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Howel
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Howel is located in Christian County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howel
- Bennettstown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Bennettstown is located in Christian County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bennettstown
- LaFayette
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Herndon
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Herndon is located in Christian County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herndon
- Church Hill
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Church Hill is located in Christian County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Church Hill
- Pembroke
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Newstead
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Newstead is located in Christian County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newstead
- Hopkinsville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Fairview
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Gracey
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Gracey is located in Christian County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gracey
- Logan County (KY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Boiling Springs, with the one closest to Boiling Springs listed first.
- Keysburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Keysburg is located in Logan County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keysburg
- Olmstead
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Olmstead is located in Logan County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olmstead
- Justice
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Justice is located in Logan County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Justice
- Todd County (KY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Boiling Springs, with the one closest to Boiling Springs listed first.
- Trenton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Guthrie
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Anderson
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Anderson is located in Todd County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson
- Hadensville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Hadensville is located in Todd County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hadensville
- Elkton
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Allensville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Allensville is located in Todd County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allensville
- Population from the 2010 Census: 157 people
- Allegre
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Allegre is located in Todd County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allegre
- Kirkmansville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Kirkmansville is located in Todd County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirkmansville
- Sharon Grove
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Sharon Grove is located in Todd County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharon Grove
- Trigg County (KY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Boiling Springs, with the one closest to Boiling Springs listed first.
- Caledonia
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Caledonia is located in Trigg County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caledonia
- Cadiz
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Cerulean
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Wallonia
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Wallonia is located in Trigg County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallonia
- Canton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Canton is located in Trigg County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canton
- Trigg Furnace
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Trigg Furnace is located in Trigg County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trigg Furnace
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Boiling Springs, see our County-by-County Page for Boiling Springs.
Cemeteries Near Boiling Springs ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Boiling 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 Boiling Springs - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Boiling Springs covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Boiling Springs, with the one closest to Boiling Springs listed first.
- McKnight Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Garrott Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Fox Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Good Hope Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Elliott Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Major Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Double Barn Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- McGee Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Powell Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Howard Major Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Smith Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Blair Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (627 more) ...
- Riverview Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Hester Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Haynes Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 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.
While we didn't find Boiling Springs in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Boiling Springs.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Boiling Springs, with the one closest to Boiling Springs listed first.
- Jordan Springs ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Jordan Springs is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jordan Springs
- Garrettsburg
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Garrettsburg is located in Christian County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garrettsburg
- Birchwood
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Birchwood is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birchwood
- Oak Grove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Howel
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Howel is located in Christian County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howel
- Woodlawn
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Ringgold
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Ringgold is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ringgold
- Kennedy
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Kennedy is located in Christian County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kennedy
- Oakwood
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Oakwood is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood
- Peachers Mill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Peachers Mill is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peachers Mill
- Bennettstown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Bennettstown is located in Christian County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bennettstown
- LaFayette
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Herndon
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Herndon is located in Christian County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herndon
- New Providence
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- New Providence is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Providence
- Dotsonville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Dotsonville is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dotsonville
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Boiling Springs. See our List of 1890's Communities around Boiling Springs.
Newspapers Published in Boiling 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 64 newspapers that have been published in the area around Boiling Springs.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Boiling Springs, there are papers which were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Boiling Springs.
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 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 Boiling Springs:
- Websites specific to Tennessee
- Pages specific to Montgomery County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Cheatham County
- Dickson County
- Houston County
- Robertson County
- Stewart County
- Caldwell County
- Christian County
- Logan County
- Todd County
- Trigg County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Tennessee
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Boiling Springs, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Boiling Springs) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |