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 Red 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 Red 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 Red 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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Red Springs: Red Spgs. (or less commonly used: Red Spngs. or Red Sprngs.)
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Red Springs. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Red 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Red Springs is located in Bowie County.
To see how the shape of Texas' counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Bowie County: Little River (AR), Miller (AR), McCurtain (OK), Cass, Morris & Red River.
Below are the counties that are near Red Springs. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Red Springs:
- Bowie County (The home county of Red Springs)
- The following are listed by their distance from Red Springs, with the one closest to Red Springs listed first.
- Wake Village
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Leary
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Leary is located in Bowie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leary
- Population from the 2020 Census: 502 people
- Nash
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Victory City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Victory City is located in Bowie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Victory City
- Redwater
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Red Lick
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Red Lick is located in Bowie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Lick
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,025 people
- Texarkana
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Hooks
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Redbank
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Redbank is located in Bowie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redbank
- Maud
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Sulphur
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Sulphur is located in Bowie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulphur
- Boston
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Boston is located in Bowie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boston
- Cass County
- The following are listed by their distance from Red Springs, with the one closest to Red Springs listed first.
- Domino
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Domino is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Domino
- Population from the 2020 Census: 86 people
- Springdale
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Springdale is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springdale
- Queen City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Douglassville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Atlanta
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Bloomburg
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Bryans Mill
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Bryans Mill is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bryans Mill
- Red Hill
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Red Hill is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Hill
- Marietta
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Bivins
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Huffins
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Huffins is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huffins
- Linden
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Hempstead County (AR)
- The following are listed by their distance from Red Springs, with the one closest to Red Springs listed first.
- Fulton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Fulton is located in Hempstead County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fulton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 191 people
- McNab
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- McNab is located in Hempstead County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McNab
- Population from the 2020 Census: 63 people
- Howard County (AR)
- Saratoga
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Little River County (AR)
- The following are listed by their distance from Red Springs, with the one closest to Red Springs listed first.
- Ogden
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Ogden is located in Little River County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogden
- Population from the 2020 Census: 154 people
- Richmond
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Richmond is located in Little River County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond
- Ashdown
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Ashdown is located in Little River County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashdown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,359 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ashdown <1>
- Millwood
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Millwood is located in Little River County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millwood
- Wilton
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Wilton is located in Little River County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 343 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wilton <1>
- Yarborough Landing
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Yarborough Landing is located in Little River County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yarborough Landing
- Foreman
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Alleene
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Alleene is located in Little River County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alleene
- Winthrop
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Miller County (AR)
- The following are listed by their distance from Red Springs, with the one closest to Red Springs listed first.
- Texarkana
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Rondo
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Rondo is located in Miller County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rondo
- Genoa
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Genoa is located in Miller County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Genoa
- Roberts ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Roberts is located in Miller County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roberts
- Fouke
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Garland
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Garland is located in Miller County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 235 people
- Doddridge
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Capps City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Capps City is located in Miller County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capps City
- Sevier County (AR)
- The following are listed by their distance from Red Springs, with the one closest to Red Springs listed first.
- Paraloma
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Paraloma is located in Sevier County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paraloma
- Ben Lomond
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Caddo Parish (LA)
- Zylks
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Zylks is located in Caddo Parish (LA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zylks
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Red Springs, see our County-by-County Page for Red Springs.
Cemeteries Near Red Springs ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Red 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 Red Springs - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Red Springs covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Red Springs, with the one closest to Red Springs listed first.
- Price Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Bob Lane Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Piney Grove Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Red Springs Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Hollaway Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Hickory Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Chapelwood Memorial Gardens
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- McAdams Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Hillcrest Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Reed Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Elliott Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Grandview Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Continue List (139 more) ...
- Nash Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Antioch Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Tillar 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.<3>
While we didn't find Red Springs in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Red Springs.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Red Springs, with the one closest to Red Springs listed first.
- Eylau
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Eylau is located in Bowie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eylau
- Texarkana
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Hooks
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Texarkana
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Whaley
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Whaley is located in Bowie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whaley
- Sulphur
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Sulphur is located in Bowie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulphur
- Corley
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Corley is located in Bowie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corley
- Springdale
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Springdale is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springdale
- New Boston
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Boston
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Boston is located in Bowie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boston
- Mandeville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Mandeville is located in Miller County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mandeville
- Ogden
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Ogden is located in Little River County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogden
- Population from the 2020 Census: 154 people
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Lanark
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Lanark is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lanark
- Genoa
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Genoa is located in Miller County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Genoa
- Richmond
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Richmond is located in Little River County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Red Springs. See our List of 1890's Communities around Red Springs.
Newspapers Published in Red 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 25 newspapers that have been published in the area around Red Springs.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Red Springs, there are papers which were published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Red Springs.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start 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 Red Springs:
- Websites specific to Texas
- Pages specific to Bowie County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Cass County
- Hempstead County
- Howard County
- Little River County
- Miller County
- Sevier County
- Caddo Parish
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Texas
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 Red Springs, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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- Red Springs) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |