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 Springers Station (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 Springers Station. 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 Springers Station ...
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.
- A typical abbreviation for Springers Station: Springers Sta. (in Canada, 'Stn.' is the more common abbreviation.)
- While the name of this community is Springers Station, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Springers Station may originally have been Springer's Station.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Springers Station might be written as Springer Station.
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 and hospitals 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.
Springers Station is located in Lawrence 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 Lawrence County: Lauderdale (AL), Giles, Lewis, Maury & Wayne.
Below are the counties that are near Springers Station. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Springers Station:
- Lawrence County (The home county of Springers Station)
- The following are listed by their distance from Springers Station, with the one closest to Springers Station listed first.
- Leoma
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Busby
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Busby is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Busby
- Loretto
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Liberty Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Liberty Grove is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Grove
- Estimated population in 2014: 7,825 people
- Lawrenceburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Westpoint
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Westpoint is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westpoint
- Fall River
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Fall River is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fall River
- New Prospect
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- New Prospect is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Prospect
- Estimated population in 2014: 6,880 people
- Rascal Town
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Rascal Town is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rascal Town
- Saint Joseph
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Flatwoods
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Flatwoods is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flatwoods
- Appleton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Appleton is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Appleton
- Giles County
- The following are listed by their distance from Springers Station, with the one closest to Springers Station listed first.
- Bodenham
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Bodenham is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bodenham
- Weakley
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Weakley is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weakley
- Minor Hill
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Minor Hill is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minor Hill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 533 people
- Anthony Hill
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Anthony Hill is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anthony Hill
- Liberty Hill
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Liberty Hill is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Hill
- Green Field
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Green Field is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Field
- Stella
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Stella is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stella
- Wales
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Wales is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wales
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,031 people
- Gordon
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Gordon is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordon
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,192 people
- Campbellsville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Campbellsville is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campbellsville
- Pulaski
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Olivet
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Olivet is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olivet
- Population from the 2010 Census: 1,350 people
- Lewis County
- The following are listed by their distance from Springers Station, with the one closest to Springers Station listed first.
- Voorhies
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Voorhies is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Voorhies
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,476 people
- Hohenwald
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Maury County
- The following are listed by their distance from Springers Station, with the one closest to Springers Station listed first.
- Screamer
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Screamer is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Screamer
- Enterprise
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Enterprise is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterprise
- Jonesboro ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Jonesboro is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonesboro
- Estimated population in 2014: 5,238 people
- Scotts Mill
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Scotts Mill is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotts Mill
- Estimated population in 2014: 983 people
- Southport
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Southport is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southport
- Estimated population in 2014: 3,110 people
- Mount Pleasant
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Broadview
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Broadview is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broadview
- Frierson Town
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Frierson Town is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frierson Town
- Estimated population in 2014: 923 people
- Wayne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Springers Station, with the one closest to Springers Station listed first.
- Corning ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Corning is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corning
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,210 people
- Collinwood
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Collinwood is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collinwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 932 people
- Whittens Stand ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Whittens Stand is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whittens Stand
- Waynesboro
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Cypress Inn
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Cypress Inn is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cypress Inn
- Ashland Ford
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Ashland Ford is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashland Ford
- Estimated population in 2014: 4,674 people
- Slickrock Ford
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Slickrock Ford is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slickrock Ford
- Estimated population in 2014: 179 people
- Sorby ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Sorby is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sorby
- Colbert County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Springers Station, with the one closest to Springers Station listed first.
- Ford City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Ford City is located in Colbert County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ford City
- Davidsons Cross Roads ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Davidsons Cross Roads is located in Colbert County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davidsons Cross Roads
- Wilson Dam
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Wilson Dam is located in Colbert County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson Dam
- Nitrate City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Nitrate City is located in Colbert County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nitrate City
- South Florence
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- South Florence is located in Colbert County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Florence
- Muscle Shoals
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Lauderdale County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Springers Station, with the one closest to Springers Station listed first.
- Belew ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Belew is located in Lauderdale County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belew
- Lexington
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Slabtown ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Slabtown is located in Lauderdale County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slabtown
- Arkdell
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Arkdell is located in Lauderdale County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arkdell
- Green Hill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Green Hill is located in Lauderdale County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Hill
- Comer
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Comer is located in Lauderdale County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comer
- Bethel
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Bethel is located in Lauderdale County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel
- Corum ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Corum is located in Lauderdale County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corum
- Anderson
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Anderson is located in Lauderdale County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 268 people
- Pruitton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Pruitton is located in Lauderdale County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pruitton
- Cedar Hill
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Cedar Hill is located in Lauderdale County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Hill
- Atlas ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Atlas is located in Lauderdale County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atlas
- Lawrence County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Springers Station, with the one closest to Springers Station listed first.
- Wheeler Dam Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Wheeler Dam Village is located in Lawrence County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheeler Dam Village
- Red Bank
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Red Bank is located in Lawrence County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Bank
- Limestone County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Springers Station, with the one closest to Springers Station listed first.
- Lester
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lester is located in Limestone County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lester
- Population from the 2020 Census: 134 people
- Clifton ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Clifton is located in Limestone County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton
- Cairo
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Cairo is located in Limestone County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cairo
- Lentzville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Lentzville is located in Limestone County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lentzville
- Elkmont
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Pettusville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Pettusville is located in Limestone County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pettusville
- Poplar Creek
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Poplar Creek is located in Limestone County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Creek
- Hay's Mill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hay's Mill is located in Limestone County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hay's Mill
- Estaville ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Estaville is located in Limestone County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Estaville
- Ripley
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Ripley is located in Limestone County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ripley
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Springers Station, see our County-by-County Page for Springers Station.
Cemeteries Near Springers Station ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Springers Station.
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 Springers Station - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Springers Station covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Springers Station, with the one closest to Springers Station listed first.
- Cedar Hill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Fuller Chapel Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Freemon Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Leoma Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Sam Smith Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Belew Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Collier Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Blue Water Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Center Point Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Point Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Center Point Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<3> to the south of Leoma.
- The Center Point Cemetery has also been known as:
- Center Point UMC Cemetery
- Centerpoint Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2130387 <4>
- Center Point Baptist Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Point Baptist Church Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Center Point Baptist Church Cemetery is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<3> to the south of Leoma.
- The Center Point Baptist Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Center Point Cemetery
- Centerpoint Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2188178 <4>
- Nelson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Ander Smith Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Continue List (880 more) ...
- Restview Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Union Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Hensley Ridge Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
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.<5>
While we didn't find Springers Station in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Springers Station.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Springers Station, with the one closest to Springers Station listed first.
- Pleasant Point
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Pleasant Point is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Point
- Busby
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Busby is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Busby
- Loretto
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Dustin ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Dustin is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dustin
- Knob Creek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Knob Creek is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knob Creek
- Lawrenceburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Pinkney
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Pinkney is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinkney
- Westpoint
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Westpoint is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westpoint
- Saint Joseph
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Fall River
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Fall River is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fall River
- Belew ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Belew is located in Lauderdale County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belew
- Wayland Springs
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Wayland Springs is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayland Springs
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Lexington
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Appleton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Appleton is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Appleton
- Seven ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Seven is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Springers Station. See our List of 1890's Communities around Springers Station.
Newspapers Published in Springers Station ...
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 26 newspapers that have been published in the area around Springers Station.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Springers Station, there are papers which were published within 7 miles [11.3 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Springers Station.
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 either 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 Springers Station:
- Websites specific to Tennessee
- Pages specific to Lawrence County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Giles County
- Lewis County
- Maury County
- Wayne County
- Colbert County
- Lauderdale County
- Lawrence County
- Limestone County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Tennessee
Footnotes ...
| <1> | It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties). |
| <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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Springers Station) 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. |
| <5> | 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 Springers Station, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |