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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 have occurred.

For example, a typical abbreviation for Spring Creek: Spring Crk. (or less commonly used: Spring Ck. or Spring Cr.)

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 Throckmorton County.

To see how the shape of Texas' counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Throckmorton County: Archer, Baylor, Haskell, Knox, Shackelford, Stephens & Young.

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:

  • Throckmorton 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.
    • Elbert
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Elbert have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elbert
      • Elbert is located in Throckmorton County
    • Throckmorton
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Woodson
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Woodson have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodson
      • Woodson is located in Throckmorton County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 237 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Woodson <2>
  • Archer County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Spring Creek, with the one closest to Spring Creek listed first.
    • Megargel
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Anarene ‑ Historic
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Anarene have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anarene
      • Anarene is located in Archer County
    • Archer City
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Dundee
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dundee
      • Dundee is located in Archer County
  • Baylor County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Spring Creek, with the one closest to Spring Creek listed first.
    • Round Timber ‑ Historic
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Round Timber have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Timber
      • Round Timber is located in Baylor County
    • Seymour
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Seymour have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seymour
      • Seymour is located in Baylor County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,557 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Seymour <2>
    • Bomarton
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bomarton
      • Bomarton is located in Baylor County
    • Red Springs
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Springs
      • Red Springs is located in Baylor County
  • Young County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Spring Creek, with the one closest to Spring Creek listed first.
    • Padgett
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Padgett have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Padgett
      • Padgett is located in Young County
    • Olney
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Olney have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olney
      • Olney is located in Young County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,074 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Olney <2>
    • Proffitt
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Proffitt
      • Proffitt is located in Young County
    • Newcastle
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Newcastle have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newcastle
      • Newcastle is located in Young County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 567 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Newcastle <2>
    • Murray
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murray
      • Murray is located in Young County
    • Farmer
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmer
      • Farmer is located in Young County
    • Loving
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
    • Graham
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Graham have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham
      • Graham is located in Young County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,568 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Graham <2>
    • Eliasville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eliasville
      • Eliasville is located in Young County
    • South Bend
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Spring Creek, see our County-by-County Page for 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 25 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 30 miles [48.3 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 start with 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:

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.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

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.

  • Padgett Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Padgett Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Padgett Cemetery
  • Megargel Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Round Timber Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Reynolds Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Reynolds Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Reynolds Cemetery
  • Westover Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • St. Luke Lutheran Church Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Pioneer Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Orth Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Orth Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Orth Cemetery
  • Kickapoo Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Kickapoo Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Kickapoo Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #4624 <4>
  • Proffitt Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Proffitt Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Proffitt Cemetery
  • Newcastle Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Woolfolk Cemetery
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Woolfolk Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Woolfolk Cemetery
  • Continue List   (37 more) ...
    • England Community Cemetery
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Belknap Cemetery
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Belknap Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Belknap Cemetery
    • Bush Knob Cemetery
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bush Knob Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bush Knob Cemetery

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.<6>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Spring Creek had a population of 29 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Spring Creek, with the one closest to Spring Creek listed first.

  • Round Timber ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Round Timber have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Timber
    • Round Timber is located in Baylor County
  • Olney
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Olney have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olney
    • Olney is located in Young County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,074 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Olney <2>
  • Throckmorton
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Murray
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murray
    • Murray is located in Young County
  • Farmer
    (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmer
    • Farmer is located in Young County
  • Seymour
    (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Seymour have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seymour
    • Seymour is located in Baylor County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,557 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Seymour <2>
  • Archer City
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Dundee
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dundee
    • Dundee is located in Archer County
  • Graham
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Graham have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham
    • Graham is located in Young County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,568 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Graham <2>
  • Markley
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Markley have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Markley
    • Markley is located in Young County

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.

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Spring Creek. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for State of Texas: https://texas.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Spring Creek) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Spring Creek. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.3701, Longitude: -98.9615       In this case, the coordinates for Spring Creek have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<6>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.




 

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