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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Cold Springs. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Cold Springs to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Cold 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 Cold 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 Cold 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 Cold 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 Cold Springs: Cold Spgs. (or less commonly used: Cold Spngs. or Cold Sprngs.)
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Cold Springs. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Cold 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Cold Springs is historic, it would have been located within present day Cumberland 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 Cumberland County: Bledsoe, Fentress, Morgan, Putnam, Rhea, Roane, Van Buren & White.
Below are the counties that are near Cold Springs. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Cold Springs:
- Cumberland County (The home county of Cold Springs)
- The following are listed by their distance from Cold Springs, with the one closest to Cold Springs listed first.
- Woody
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Woody is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woody
- Creston
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Creston is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creston
- Woodlands
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Woodlands is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlands
- Estimated population in 2014: 369 people
- Dykes Crossroads
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Dykes Crossroads is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dykes Crossroads
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,281 people
- Fairfield Glade
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lake Pomeroy
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Lake Pomeroy is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Pomeroy
- Crossville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Greenbriar Village
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Greenbriar Village is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenbriar Village
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,103 people
- Howard Springs
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Howard Springs is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howard Springs
- Hebbertsburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Hebbertsburg is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hebbertsburg
- Center Ford
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Center Ford is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Ford
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,485 people
- Pleasant Hill
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Pleasant Hill is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 558 people
- Rogers
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Rogers is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogers
- Estimated population in 2014: 4,406 people
- Bledsoe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cold Springs, with the one closest to Cold Springs listed first.
- Winesap
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Winesap is located in Bledsoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winesap
- Ninemile
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Ninemile is located in Bledsoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ninemile
- Fentress County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cold Springs, with the one closest to Cold Springs listed first.
- Clarkrange
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Grimsley
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Wilder
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Wilder is located in Fentress County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilder
- Allardt
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Cumberland Grove
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Cumberland Grove is located in Fentress County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumberland Grove
- Estimated population in 2014: 489 people
- Cooper
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Cooper is located in Fentress County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooper
- Estimated population in 2014: 4,385 people
- Jamestown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Armathwaite
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Armathwaite is located in Fentress County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armathwaite
- Estimated population in 2014: 11,634 people
- Little Crab
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Little Crab is located in Fentress County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Crab
- Gernt
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Gernt is located in Fentress County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gernt
- Estimated population in 2014: 39,267 people
- Pall Mall
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Morgan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cold Springs, with the one closest to Cold Springs listed first.
- Bucklick
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Bucklick is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bucklick
- Lavender
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Lavender is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lavender
- Deer Lodge
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Deer Lodge is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Lodge
- Glades
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Glades is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glades
- Burrville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Burrville is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burrville
- Annadel
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Annadel is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Annadel
- Catoosa ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Catoosa is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catoosa
- Lancing
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Sunbright
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Nemo
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Nemo is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nemo
- Brewstertown ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Brewstertown is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brewstertown
- Wartburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Deermont
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Deermont is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deermont
- Overton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cold Springs, with the one closest to Cold Springs listed first.
- Obey City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Obey City is located in Overton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Obey City
- Lovejoy
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Lovejoy is located in Overton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lovejoy
- Hanging Limb
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hanging Limb is located in Overton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanging Limb
- Qualls ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Qualls is located in Overton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Qualls
- Bushing ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Bushing is located in Overton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bushing
- Beaver Hill
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Beaver Hill is located in Overton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Hill
- Poteet ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Poteet is located in Overton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poteet
- Oak Hill
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Oak Hill is located in Overton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Hill
- Oak Dale
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Oak Dale is located in Overton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Dale
- Estimated population in 2014: 222 people
- Garretts Mill
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Garretts Mill is located in Overton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garretts Mill
- Livingston
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Duncan's Chapel ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Duncan's Chapel is located in Overton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duncan's Chapel
- Free Communion
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Free Communion is located in Overton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Free Communion
- Pickett County
- Cedar Grove
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Cedar Grove is located in Pickett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
- Putnam County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cold Springs, with the one closest to Cold Springs listed first.
- Monterey
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Burnett
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Burnett is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnett
- Estimated population in 2014: 418 people
- Jeremiah
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Jeremiah is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeremiah
- Shennon Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Shennon Village is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shennon Village
- Algood
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- White Plains
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- White Plains is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Plains
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,231 people
- Bangham Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Bangham Village is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bangham Village
- Estimated population in 2014: 504 people
- Park Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Park Village is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Village
- Avoton ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Avoton is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avoton
- Cookeville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Southtown Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Southtown Village is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southtown Village
- Burgess
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Burgess is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burgess
- Rhea County
- Roddy
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Roddy is located in Rhea County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roddy
- Roane County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cold Springs, with the one closest to Cold Springs listed first.
- Rockwood
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Cardiff
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Cardiff is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cardiff
- Lakemont Heights
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Lakemont Heights is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakemont Heights
- Estimated population in 2014: 12,564 people
- College Grove
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- College Grove is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for College Grove
- Estimated population in 2014: 10,729 people
- Glen Alice
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Glen Alice is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Alice
- Postoak
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Postoak is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Postoak
- Postoak has also been known as:
- Post Oak Springs
- Bazel Town
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Bazel Town is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bazel Town
- Emory Gap
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Emory Gap is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emory Gap
- Pioneer Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Pioneer Village is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer Village
- Midtown Heights
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Midtown Heights is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midtown Heights
- Population from the 2010 Census: 1,360 people
- Midtown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Midtown is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midtown
- Scott County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cold Springs, with the one closest to Cold Springs listed first.
- Glenmary
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Glenmary is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenmary
- Elgin
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Elgin is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elgin
- Population from the 2010 Census: 282 people
- West Robbins
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- West Robbins is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Robbins
- Robbins
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Hughett
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hughett is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hughett
- New River
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- New River is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New River
- White County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cold Springs, with the one closest to Cold Springs listed first.
- Ravenscroft
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Ravenscroft is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ravenscroft
- Clarktown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Clarktown is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarktown
- Estimated population in 2014: 146,806 people
- Cherry Creek
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Cherry Creek is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Creek
- Sparta
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Macedonia
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Macedonia is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macedonia
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Cold Springs, see our County-by-County Page for Cold Springs.
Cemeteries Near Cold Springs ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Cold 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 Cold Springs - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Cold Springs covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Cold Springs, with the one closest to Cold Springs listed first.
- Cold Spring Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Wattenbarger Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Henry Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Rinnie Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Elmore Cemetery #1
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Clarkrange Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Gulden Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Smith Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Goss Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Turner Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Jones Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Mt. Union Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Union Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Mt. Union Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<3> to the west of Clarkrange.
- The Mt. Union Cemetery has also been known as:
- Campground Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2179885 <4>
- Continue List (689 more) ...
- Terrell Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Dickerson Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Hall Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
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 Cold Springs in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Cold Springs.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Cold Springs, with the one closest to Cold Springs listed first.
- Clarkrange
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Genesis
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Genesis is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Genesis
- Woody
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Woody is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woody
- Roslin
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Roslin is located in Fentress County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roslin
- Halfway
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Halfway is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halfway
- Banner Springs
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Banner Springs is located in Fentress County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banner Springs
- Keese ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Keese is located in Fentress County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keese
- Creston
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Creston is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creston
- Cliff Springs
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Cliff Springs is located in Overton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cliff Springs
- Lovejoy
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Lovejoy is located in Overton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lovejoy
- Frankfort
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Frankfort is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frankfort
- Stowers
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Stowers is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stowers
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Tinch ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Tinch is located in Fentress County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tinch
- Hanging Limb
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hanging Limb is located in Overton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanging Limb
- Lavender
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Lavender is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lavender
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Cold Springs. See our List of 1890's Communities around Cold Springs.
Newspapers Published in Cold 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 13 newspapers that have been published in the area around Cold Springs.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Cold 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 Cold 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 Cold Springs:
- Websites specific to Tennessee
- Pages specific to Cumberland County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bledsoe County
- Fentress County
- Morgan County
- Overton County
- Pickett County
- Putnam County
- Rhea County
- Roane County
- Scott County
- White 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 Cold 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> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Cold Springs) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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. |