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 Hill (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 Hill. 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.
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.
Spring Hill is located in Fannin 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 Fannin County: Bryan (OK), Collin, Delta, Grayson, Hunt & Lamar.
Below are the counties that are near Spring Hill. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Spring Hill:
- Fannin County (The home county of Spring Hill)
- The following are listed by their distance from Spring Hill, with the one closest to Spring Hill listed first.
- Allens Chapel
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Allens Chapel is located in Fannin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allens Chapel
- Windom
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Dodd City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Honey Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Carson
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Carson is located in Fannin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carson
- Allen Point
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Allen Point is located in Fannin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allen Point
- Hail
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Hail is located in Fannin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hail
- Silver City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Silver City is located in Fannin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver City
- Bug Tussle ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Bug Tussle is located in Fannin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bug Tussle
- Bonham
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Gober
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Boyd
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Boyd is located in Fannin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyd
- Collin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Spring Hill, with the one closest to Spring Hill listed first.
- Frognot
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Frognot is located in Collin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frognot
- Sedalia
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Sedalia is located in Collin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sedalia
- Delta County
- The following are listed by their distance from Spring Hill, with the one closest to Spring Hill listed first.
- Pecan Gap
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Ben Franklin
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Jot-Em-Down
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Jot-Em-Down is located in Delta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jot-Em-Down
- Jot-Em-Down has also been known as:
- Mohegan
- Muddig Prairie
- Needmore
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Needmore is located in Delta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Needmore
- Enloe
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Cooper
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Klondike
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Lake Creek
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Grayson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Spring Hill, with the one closest to Spring Hill listed first.
- Bells
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Kentucky Town
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Kentucky Town is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kentucky Town
- Pilot Grove
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Pilot Grove is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilot Grove
- Whiterock
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Whiterock is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiterock
- Ida
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Ida is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ida
- Tom Bean
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Cannon
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Cannon is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannon
- Hopkins County
- Peerless
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Peerless is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peerless
- Hunt County
- The following are listed by their distance from Spring Hill, with the one closest to Spring Hill listed first.
- Wolfe City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Jardin
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Jardin is located in Hunt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jardin
- Fairlie
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Fairlie is located in Hunt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairlie
- Yowell
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Yowell is located in Hunt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yowell
- Aberfoyle
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Aberfoyle is located in Hunt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aberfoyle
- South Sulphur
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- South Sulphur is located in Hunt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Sulphur
- White Rock
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- White Rock is located in Hunt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Rock
- Celeste
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Commerce
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Jacobia
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Jacobia is located in Hunt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacobia
- Kingston
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Kingston is located in Hunt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingston
- Neylandville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Neylandville is located in Hunt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neylandville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 100 people
- Lamar County
- The following are listed by their distance from Spring Hill, with the one closest to Spring Hill listed first.
- Petty
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- High
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- High is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High
- Roxton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Brookston
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Direct
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Direct is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Direct
- Ambia
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Ambia is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ambia
- Toco
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Toco is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toco
- Population from the 2020 Census: 76 people
- Sumner
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Atlas
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Atlas is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atlas
- Hopewell
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Hopewell is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell
- Howland
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Howland is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howland
- Belk
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Belk is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belk
- Bryan County (OK)
- The following are listed by their distance from Spring Hill, with the one closest to Spring Hill listed first.
- Yuba
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Yuba is located in Bryan County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yuba
- Yarnaby
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Yarnaby is located in Bryan County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yarnaby
- Wade
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Wade is located in Bryan County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wade
- Albany
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Kemp
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Hendrix
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Achille
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Bennington
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Bokchito
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Choctaw County (OK)
- Boswell
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Spring Hill, see our County-by-County Page for Spring Hill.
Cemeteries Near Spring Hill ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Spring Hill.
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 Hill - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Spring Hill covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Spring Hill, with the one closest to Spring Hill listed first.
- Lee Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Pace Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Onstott Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Smith Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Smyrna Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Vannoy Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vannoy Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Vannoy Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<2> to the northwest of Windom.
- The Vannoy Cemetery has also been known as:
- Cobb - Vannoy Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #7384 <3>
- Umble Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Wolfe Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Dodd City Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- St. Mark Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Wood Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Vineyard Grove Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (265 more) ...
- Cross Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Allen Chapel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Allen's Chapel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
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.<4>
While we didn't find Spring Hill in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Spring Hill.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Spring Hill, with the one closest to Spring Hill listed first.
- Lannius
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Lannius is located in Fannin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lannius
- Windom
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Honey Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Lamasco
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lamasco is located in Fannin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamasco
- Selfs
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Selfs is located in Fannin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Selfs
- Bonham
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Gober
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Ivanhoe
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Dial
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Dial is located in Fannin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dial
- Petty
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Telephone
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Ladonia
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Noble
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Noble is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noble
- Duplex
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Duplex is located in Fannin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duplex
- Monkstown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Monkstown is located in Fannin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monkstown
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Spring Hill. See our List of 1890's Communities around Spring Hill.
Newspapers Published in Spring Hill ...
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 53 newspapers that have been published in the area around Spring Hill.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Spring Hill, there are papers which were published within 25 miles [40.2 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Spring Hill.
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 Spring Hill:
- Websites specific to Texas
- Pages specific to Fannin County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Collin County
- Delta County
- Grayson County
- Hopkins County
- Hunt County
- Lamar County
- Bryan County
- Choctaw County
- 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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 Hill) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Hill, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |