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 Valley (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 Valley. 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 Valley ...
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 Spring Valley: Spring Vly. (or less commonly used: Spring Vally. or Spring Vlly.)
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Spring Valley. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Spring Valley.
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 doctors 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.
Spring Valley is located in Houston 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 Houston County: Benton, Dickson, Humphreys, Montgomery & Stewart.
Below are the counties that are near Spring Valley. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Spring Valley:
- Houston County (The home county of Spring Valley)
- The following are listed by their distance from Spring Valley, with the one closest to Spring Valley listed first.
- Omega ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Omega is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omega
- Erin
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Tennessee Ridge
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Brownsville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Brownsville is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsville
- Estimated population in 2014: 9,974 people
- Magnolia
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Magnolia is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia
- McKinnon
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- McKinnon is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKinnon
- Benton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Spring Valley, with the one closest to Spring Valley listed first.
- Brevards Ferry
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Brevards Ferry is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brevards Ferry
- Estimated population in 2014: 40,982 people
- Faxon
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Faxon is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Faxon
- Big Sandy
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Camden
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Wildlife Cove Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Cheatham County
- The following are listed by their distance from Spring Valley, with the one closest to Spring Valley listed first.
- Neptune
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Neptune is located in Cheatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neptune
- Henrietta
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Henrietta is located in Cheatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henrietta
- Estimated population in 2014: 921 people
- Bell Town
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Bell Town is located in Cheatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell Town
- Cheap Hill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- 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 east)
- Lockertsville is located in Cheatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockertsville
- Estimated population in 2014: 885 people
- Kingston Springs
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Ashland City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Ashland City is located in Cheatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashland City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,748 people
- Dickson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Spring Valley, with the one closest to Spring Valley listed first.
- Slayden
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Slayden is located in Dickson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slayden
- Population from the 2020 Census: 207 people
- Vanleer
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Tennessee City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Tennessee City is located in Dickson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tennessee City
- Dunn Chapel
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Dunn Chapel is located in Dickson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunn Chapel
- Woods Valley
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Woods Valley is located in Dickson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woods Valley
- Pond
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Pond is located in Dickson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pond
- Charlotte
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Stayton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Stayton is located in Dickson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stayton
- Water Valley ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Water Valley is located in Dickson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Water Valley
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,516 people
- Dickson
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- White Oak Flat
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- White Oak Flat is located in Dickson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Oak Flat
- Pomona
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Pomona is located in Dickson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pomona
- Burns
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Henry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Spring Valley, with the one closest to Spring Valley listed first.
- Oak Hill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Oak Hill is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Hill
- Estimated population in 2014: 4,703 people
- Springville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Hickman County
- The following are listed by their distance from Spring Valley, with the one closest to Spring Valley listed first.
- Salt Lick
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Salt Lick is located in Hickman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salt Lick
- Estimated population in 2014: 508 people
- Whitehouse
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Whitehouse is located in Hickman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitehouse
- Graham
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Graham is located in Hickman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham
- Only
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Lyles
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Nunnelly
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Nunnelly is located in Hickman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nunnelly
- Bon Aqua Junction
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Bon Aqua Junction is located in Hickman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bon Aqua Junction
- Population from the 2010 Census: 1,230 people
- Wrigley
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Wrigley is located in Hickman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wrigley
- Population from the 2010 Census: 281 people
- Whitfield
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Whitfield is located in Hickman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitfield
- Humphreys County
- The following are listed by their distance from Spring Valley, with the one closest to Spring Valley listed first.
- McEwen
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Halls Creek
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Halls Creek is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halls Creek
- Bethpage
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Bethpage is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethpage
- Population from the 2010 Census: 288 people
- Trinity
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Trinity is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trinity
- Estimated population in 2014: 625 people
- Pigeon Roost
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Pigeon Roost is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pigeon Roost
- Estimated population in 2014: 6,132 people
- Waverly
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Hurricane Mills
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Plant
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Plant is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plant
- Bakerville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Bakerville is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bakerville
- New Johnsonville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Grandmother Ford
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Grandmother Ford is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grandmother Ford
- Estimated population in 2014: 307 people
- Buffalo
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Buffalo is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo
- Hustburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Hustburg is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hustburg
- Montgomery County
- The following are listed by their distance from Spring Valley, with the one closest to Spring Valley listed first.
- Louise
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Louise is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louise
- Oakridge
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Oakridge is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakridge
- Estimated population in 2014: 29,303 people
- McAllisters Crossroads
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Dotsonville
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Dotsonville is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dotsonville
- Liverworth
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Liverworth is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liverworth
- Southside
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Oakwood
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Oakwood is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood
- Woodlawn
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Clarksville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Louise Heights
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Louise Heights is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louise Heights
- Estimated population in 2014: 5,715 people
- Fredonia
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Fredonia is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fredonia
- Oak Plains
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Oak Plains is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Plains
- Wingate West
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Wingate West is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wingate West
- Estimated population in 2014: 954 people
- Stewart County
- The following are listed by their distance from Spring Valley, with the one closest to Spring Valley listed first.
- Cumberland City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Throckmorton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Throckmorton is located in Stewart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Throckmorton
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,692 people
- Indian Mound
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Dover
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- 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>
- Legate
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Legate is located in Stewart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Legate
- Parker Town ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Parker Town is located in Stewart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parker Town
- Bumpus Mills
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Christian County (KY)
- Garrettsburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Garrettsburg is located in Christian County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garrettsburg
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Spring Valley, see our County-by-County Page for Spring Valley.
Cemeteries Near Spring Valley ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Spring Valley.
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 Valley - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Spring Valley covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Spring Valley, with the one closest to Spring Valley listed first.
- Robertson Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Adkins Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Harvey Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Knight Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knight Cemetery
- The Knight Cemetery has also been known as:
- Cumberland Valley Community Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #14395 <2>
- Yates Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Jones Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Bethany Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Aaron James Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Ross Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Smith Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Coleman Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Vanhook Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (870 more) ...
- Balthrop Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Patty Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Skelton Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
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.<3>
While we didn't find Spring Valley in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Spring Valley.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Spring Valley, with the one closest to Spring Valley listed first.
- Omega ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Omega is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omega
- Yellow Creek
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Yellow Creek is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellow Creek
- Edgewood
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Edgewood is located in Dickson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgewood
- Woolworth
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Woolworth is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woolworth
- Erin
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- McEwen
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Sailors Rest ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Sailors Rest is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sailors Rest
- Vanleer
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Gorman
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Gorman is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gorman
- Tennessee City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Tennessee City is located in Dickson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tennessee City
- Sylvia
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Sylvia is located in Dickson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sylvia
- Shiloh
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Shiloh is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Tennessee Ridge
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Cumberland City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Woods Valley
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Woods Valley is located in Dickson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woods Valley
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Spring Valley. See our List of 1890's Communities around Spring Valley.
Newspapers Published in Spring Valley ...
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 37 newspapers that have been published in the area around Spring Valley.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Spring Valley, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Spring Valley.
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 helpful 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 Valley:
- Websites specific to Tennessee
- Pages specific to Houston County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Benton County
- Cheatham County
- Dickson County
- Henry County
- Hickman County
- Humphreys County
- Montgomery County
- Stewart County
- Christian 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> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Valley, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Spring Valley) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |