Our Genealogy Helper
Introduction ...
We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:
- That it be a tool which helps us with planning our trips.
- We're trying to shape our Gazetteer as a tool to help us understand the community in which our ancestors lived, the community that was part of their daily lives.
- On our trips, we try to visit those places where our ancestors left their footprints.
By learning about Spring Creek (and the surrounding area) during the time that our ancestors lived, we hope to have a better understanding of both their community and its relationship to their lifes. We hope that this tool helps to give us an insight into their world.
As we add data and organize our Gazetteer to help with our family research, we will be adding to this our Genealogical Helper for Spring Creek. 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 Spring Creek ...
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 Spring Creek: Spring Crk. (or less commonly used: Spring Ck. or Spring Cr.)
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Spring Creek. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Spring Creek.
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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.
So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived: their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the east contained birth and death records; the county to the south contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.
If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.
Spring Creek is located in Henry 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 Henry County: Calloway (KY), Graves (KY), Benton, Carroll, Stewart & Weakley.
Below are the counties that are near Spring Creek. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Spring Creek:
- Henry County (The home county of Spring Creek)
- The following are listed by their distance from Spring Creek, with the one closest to Spring Creek listed first.
- Manleyville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Manleyville is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manleyville
- Springville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Oakland
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Oakland is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
- Haglerville ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Haglerville is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haglerville
- India
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- India is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for India
- Paris
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Henry
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Mount Vista ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Mount Vista is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Vista
- Whitlock
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Whitlock is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitlock
- New Boston
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- New Boston is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Boston
- Mandels ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Mandels is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mandels
- Estimated population in 2014: 10,349 people
- Conyersville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Conyersville is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conyersville
- Benton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Spring Creek, with the one closest to Spring Creek listed first.
- Big Sandy
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Sandy Point
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Sandy Point is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Point
- Faxon
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Faxon is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Faxon
- Camden
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Crossroads
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Crossroads is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crossroads
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,728 people
- Brevards Ferry
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Brevards Ferry is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brevards Ferry
- Estimated population in 2014: 40,982 people
- Wildlife Cove Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Chaseville
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Chaseville is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chaseville
- Coxburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Coxburg is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coxburg
- Carroll County
- The following are listed by their distance from Spring Creek, with the one closest to Spring Creek listed first.
- Bruceton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Hollow Rock
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Buena Vista
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Buena Vista is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buena Vista
- Hico
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Hico is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hico
- Huntingdon
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- McKenzie
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Concord
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Concord is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
- Anark
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Anark is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anark
- Wingo
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Wingo is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wingo
- Clarksburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Clarksburg is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarksburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 376 people
- McLemoresville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- McLemoresville is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McLemoresville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 326 people
- Trezevant
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Decatur County
- The following are listed by their distance from Spring Creek, with the one closest to Spring Creek listed first.
- Sugar Tree
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Sugar Tree is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Tree
- Oakview ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Oakview is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakview
- Henderson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Spring Creek, with the one closest to Spring Creek listed first.
- Farmville ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Farmville is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmville
- Poplar Springs
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Poplar Springs is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Springs
- Parkers Crossroads
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Houston County
- The following are listed by their distance from Spring Creek, with the one closest to Spring Creek listed first.
- McKinnon
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- McKinnon is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKinnon
- Magnolia
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Magnolia is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia
- Tennessee Ridge
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Brownsville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Brownsville is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsville
- Estimated population in 2014: 9,974 people
- Erin
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Humphreys County
- The following are listed by their distance from Spring Creek, with the one closest to Spring Creek listed first.
- New Johnsonville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Hustburg
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Hustburg is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hustburg
- Halls Creek
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Halls Creek is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halls Creek
- Trinity
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Trinity is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trinity
- Estimated population in 2014: 625 people
- Plant
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Plant is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plant
- Pigeon Roost
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Pigeon Roost is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pigeon Roost
- Estimated population in 2014: 6,132 people
- Waverly
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Bakerville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Bakerville is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bakerville
- Hurricane Mills
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Stewart County
- Dover
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- 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 <1>
- Weakley County
- The following are listed by their distance from Spring Creek, with the one closest to Spring Creek listed first.
- Tumbling
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Tumbling is located in Weakley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tumbling
- Ore Springs
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Ore Springs is located in Weakley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ore Springs
- Gleason
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Dunlap ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Dunlap is located in Weakley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunlap
- Estimated population in 2014: 5,068 people
- Pillowville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Pillowville is located in Weakley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pillowville
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,625 people
- Dresden
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Calloway County (KY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Spring Creek, with the one closest to Spring Creek listed first.
- Hazel
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- New Providence
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- New Providence is located in Calloway County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Providence
- New Concord
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Harris Grove
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Harris Grove is located in Calloway County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris Grove
- Murray
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Murray is located in Calloway County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murray
- Population from the 2020 Census: 19,437 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Murray <1>
- Protemus
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Protemus is located in Calloway County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Protemus
- Graves County (KY)
- Bell City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Bell City is located in Graves County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell City
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Spring Creek, see our County-by-County Page for Spring Creek.
Cemeteries Near Spring Creek ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Spring Creek.
This is a new section and is likely to have errors. If you find an error, such as a missing cemetery or we have the wrong name, please let us know. If you know of them, we would also appreciate learning about previous or alternate names.
Although we don't have the information ourselves, if you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our list of websites on our Genealogy Helper Page for Spring Creek - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Spring Creek covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Spring Creek, with the one closest to Spring Creek listed first.
- Porter Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Walters Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Spring Creek Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Swift Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Tabernacle Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Haines Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- French Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Manleys Chapel Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Kemp Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- New Hope Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Manteys Chapel Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Manleys Chapel Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Continue List (1094 more) ...
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Manleyville Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Rowden Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
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 Spring Creek in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Spring Creek.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Spring Creek, with the one closest to Spring Creek listed first.
- Manleyville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Manleyville is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manleyville
- Mansfield
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Mansfield is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mansfield
- Springville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Porters ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Porters is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porters
- Haglerville ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Haglerville is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haglerville
- Big Sandy
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Mixie
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Mixie is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mixie
- Carnsville ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Carnsville is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carnsville
- India
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- India is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for India
- Elkhorn
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Elkhorn is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkhorn
- Paris
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Lipe
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Lipe is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lipe
- Continue List (20 more) ...
- Mount Vista ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Mount Vista is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Vista
- Hollow Rock
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Camden
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Spring Creek. See our List of 1890's Communities around Spring Creek.
Newspapers Published in Spring Creek ...
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 54 newspapers that have been published in the area around Spring Creek.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Spring Creek, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Spring Creek.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Spring Creek:
- Websites specific to Tennessee
- Pages specific to Henry County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Benton County
- Carroll County
- Decatur County
- Henderson County
- Houston County
- Humphreys County
- Stewart County
- Weakley County
- Calloway County
- Graves 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 Spring Creek, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Spring Creek) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |