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 Cedar 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 Cedar 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 Cedar 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 Cedar Springs: Cedar Spgs. (or less commonly used: Cedar Spngs. or Cedar Sprngs.)
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Cedar Springs. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Cedar 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most 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.
Cedar Springs is located in McMinn 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 McMinn County: Bradley, Loudon, Meigs, Monroe, Polk & Roane.
Below are the counties that are near Cedar Springs. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Cedar Springs:
- McMinn County (The home county of Cedar Springs)
- The following are listed by their distance from Cedar Springs, with the one closest to Cedar Springs listed first.
- Athens
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Riceville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Goodsprings
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Goodsprings is located in McMinn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodsprings
- Englewood
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Niota
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Grady
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Grady is located in McMinn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grady
- Manila
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Manila is located in McMinn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manila
- Nonaburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Nonaburg is located in McMinn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nonaburg
- Claxton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Claxton is located in McMinn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claxton
- Etowah
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Luskville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Luskville is located in McMinn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luskville
- Bell Spring
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Bell Spring is located in McMinn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell Spring
- Calhoun
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Bledsoe County
- Summer City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Summer City is located in Bledsoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summer City
- Bradley County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cedar Springs, with the one closest to Cedar Springs listed first.
- Charleston
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Bellefounte
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Bellefounte is located in Bradley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellefounte
- Etola
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Etola is located in Bradley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etola
- Countryside Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Countryside Village is located in Bradley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Countryside Village
- Hopewell Estates
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Hopewell Estates is located in Bradley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell Estates
- Population from the 2010 Census: 1,874 people
- Hopewell
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Hopewell is located in Bradley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell
- East Cleveland
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- East Cleveland is located in Bradley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Cleveland
- Population from the 2010 Census: 1,608 people
- Bent Tree Acres
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Bent Tree Acres is located in Bradley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bent Tree Acres
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,309 people
- Cleveland
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- South Cleveland
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- South Cleveland is located in Bradley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Cleveland
- Population from the 2010 Census: 6,912 people
- Wildwood Lake
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Wildwood Lake is located in Bradley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildwood Lake
- Population from the 2010 Census: 3,124 people
- McDonald
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Cumberland County
- Jewett
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Jewett is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jewett
- Hamilton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cedar Springs, with the one closest to Cedar Springs listed first.
- Birchwood
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Lakewood
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Lakewood is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakewood
- Estimated population in 2011: 2,336 people
- Sale Creek
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Soddy Lake Heights
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Soddy Lake Heights is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Soddy Lake Heights
- Estimated population in 2014: 13,190 people
- Loudon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cedar Springs, with the one closest to Cedar Springs listed first.
- Luttrell
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Philadelphia
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Loudon City Park
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Loudon City Park is located in Loudon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loudon City Park
- Loudon
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Morganton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Morganton is located in Loudon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morganton
- Trigonia
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Trigonia is located in Loudon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trigonia
- Alleghany ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Alleghany is located in Loudon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alleghany
- Estimated population in 2014: 630 people
- Centersville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Centersville is located in Loudon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centersville
- Greenback
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Jena
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Jena is located in Loudon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jena
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,279 people
- Meigs County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cedar Springs, with the one closest to Cedar Springs listed first.
- Decatur
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Sewee
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Sewee is located in Meigs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sewee
- Cute ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Cute is located in Meigs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cute
- Goodfield
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Goodfield is located in Meigs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodfield
- Calico
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Calico is located in Meigs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calico
- Estimated population in 2014: 495 people
- Beta
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Beta is located in Meigs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beta
- Surprise
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Surprise is located in Meigs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Surprise
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,799 people
- Akeman Crossroad
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Akeman Crossroad is located in Meigs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Akeman Crossroad
- East View
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- East View is located in Meigs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East View
- Estimated population in 2014: 705 people
- Cayuga Town ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Cayuga Town is located in Meigs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cayuga Town
- Monroe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cedar Springs, with the one closest to Cedar Springs listed first.
- Jalapa
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Jalapa is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jalapa
- Madisonville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Sweetwater
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Rural Vale
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Rural Vale is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rural Vale
- Tellico Plains
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Jacktown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Jacktown is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacktown
- Estimated population in 2014: 67,319 people
- Epperson
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Epperson is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Epperson
- Belltown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Belltown is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belltown
- Coker Creek
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Coker Creek is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coker Creek
- Acorn
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Acorn is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acorn
- Ballplay
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Ballplay is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ballplay
- Vonore
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Toqua ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Toqua is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toqua
- Polk County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cedar Springs, with the one closest to Cedar Springs listed first.
- Chestuee
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Chestuee is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestuee
- Delano
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Servilla
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Servilla is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Servilla
- Benton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Archville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Archville is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Archville
- Ocoee
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Parksville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Parksville is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parksville
- Rymers ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Rymers is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rymers
- Oldfort
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Oldfort is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oldfort
- Chable ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Chable is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chable
- Ball Play
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Ball Play is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ball Play
- Chanceytown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Chanceytown is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chanceytown
- Ducktown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Rhea County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cedar Springs, with the one closest to Cedar Springs listed first.
- Lakewood Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Lakewood Village is located in Rhea County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakewood Village
- Population from the 2010 Census: 990 people
- Bryan Hill
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Bryan Hill is located in Rhea County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bryan Hill
- Dayton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Spring City
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Cumberland Spring
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Cumberland Spring is located in Rhea County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumberland Spring
- Roddy
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Roddy is located in Rhea County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roddy
- Graysville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Graysville is located in Rhea County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graysville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,570 people
- Ogden
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Ogden is located in Rhea County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogden
- Roane County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cedar Springs, with the one closest to Cedar Springs listed first.
- Morrisgap ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Morrisgap is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrisgap
- Pioneer Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Pioneer Village is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer Village
- Glen Alice
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Glen Alice is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Alice
- Iron Divide ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Iron Divide is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron Divide
- Population from the 2010 Census: 328 people
- Lakemont Heights
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Lakemont Heights is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakemont Heights
- Estimated population in 2014: 12,564 people
- Cave Creek
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Cave Creek is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cave Creek
- Murray County (GA)
- Tennga
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Cherokee County (NC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Cedar Springs, with the one closest to Cedar Springs listed first.
- Liberty
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Liberty is located in Cherokee County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- Pleasant Hill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Pleasant Hill is located in Cherokee County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
- Vests
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Vests is located in Cherokee County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vests
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Cedar Springs, see our County-by-County Page for Cedar Springs.
Cemeteries Near Cedar Springs ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Cedar 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 Cedar Springs - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Cedar Springs covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Cedar Springs, with the one closest to Cedar Springs listed first.
- Cedar Springs Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Sullins Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Cedar Grove Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Hammond Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Thompson Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Roberts Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Thorn Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- South Liberty Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Bethsalem Presbyterian Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- McMinn County Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- McMinn Memory Gardens
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Mt. Cumberland Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Continue List (770 more) ...
- McMahan Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Hilltop Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Piney Grove UMC 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.<2>
While we didn't find Cedar Springs in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Cedar Springs.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Cedar Springs, with the one closest to Cedar Springs listed first.
- Athens
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Riceville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Verd
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Mount Verd is located in McMinn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Verd
- Williamsburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Williamsburg is located in McMinn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamsburg
- Sanford
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Sanford is located in McMinn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sanford
- Grady
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Grady is located in McMinn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grady
- Fiketon
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Fiketon is located in McMinn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fiketon
- Nonaburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Nonaburg is located in McMinn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nonaburg
- Carlock
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Carlock is located in McMinn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carlock
- Folger ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Folger is located in McMinn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Folger
- Luskville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Luskville is located in McMinn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luskville
- Reagan
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Reagan is located in McMinn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reagan
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Calhoun
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Mecca
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Mecca is located in McMinn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mecca
- Gudger
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Gudger is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gudger
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Cedar Springs. See our List of 1890's Communities around Cedar Springs.
Newspapers Published in Cedar 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 67 newspapers that have been published in the area around Cedar Springs.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Cedar Springs, there are papers which were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Cedar Springs.
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 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 Cedar Springs:
- Websites specific to Tennessee
- Pages specific to McMinn County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bledsoe County
- Bradley County
- Cumberland County
- Hamilton County
- Loudon County
- Meigs County
- Monroe County
- Polk County
- Rhea County
- Roane County
- Murray County
- Cherokee County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Tennessee
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> | 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 Cedar Springs, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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- Cedar Springs) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |