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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 Springlake (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 Springlake. 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most 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.

Springlake is located in Lamb 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 Lamb County: Bailey, Castro, Cochran, Hale, Hockley, Lubbock, Parmer & Swisher.

Below are the counties that are near Springlake. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Springlake:

  • Lamb County     (The home county of Springlake)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Springlake, with the one closest to Springlake listed first.
    • Earth
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Earth have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earth
      • Earth is located in Lamb County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 951 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Earth <2>
    • Olton
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Fieldton
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fieldton have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fieldton
      • Fieldton is located in Lamb County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fieldton <2>
    • Amherst
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Hart Camp ‑ Historic
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hart Camp have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hart Camp
      • Hart Camp is located in Lamb County
    • Sudan
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sudan have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sudan
      • Sudan is located in Lamb County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 879 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sudan <2>
    • Littlefield
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Littlefield have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littlefield
      • Littlefield is located in Lamb County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,755 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Littlefield <2>
    • Spade
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spade
      • Spade is located in Lamb County
  • Bailey County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Springlake, with the one closest to Springlake listed first.
    • Muleshoe
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Muleshoe have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muleshoe
      • Muleshoe is located in Bailey County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,822 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Muleshoe <2>
    • Bula
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bula have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bula
      • Bula is located in Bailey County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bula <2>
  • Castro County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Springlake, with the one closest to Springlake listed first.
    • Hart
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hart have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hart
      • Hart is located in Castro County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,016 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hart <2>
    • Dimmitt
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Nazareth
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Hale County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Springlake, with the one closest to Springlake listed first.
    • Edmonson
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Edmonson have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edmonson
      • Edmonson is located in Hale County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 104 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Edmonson <2>
    • Cotton Center
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotton Center
      • Cotton Center is located in Hale County
    • Hale City ‑ Historic
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hale City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hale City
      • Hale City is located in Hale County
    • Hale Center
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Hockley County
    • Anton
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Anton have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anton
      • Anton is located in Hockley County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,089 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Anton <2>
  • Parmer County

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Springlake, see our County-by-County Page for Springlake.

Newspapers Published in Springlake ...

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 18 newspapers that have been published in the area around Springlake.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Springlake, 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 Springlake.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Springlake:

Cemeteries Near Springlake ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Springlake.

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 Springlake covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Springlake, with the one closest to Springlake listed first.

  • Springlake Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Springlake Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Springlake Cemetery
  • Earth Memorial Perpetual Care Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Memorial Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Memorial Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Memorial Cemetery
  • Olton Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Olton Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Olton Cemetery
  • Flagg Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Hart Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Amherst Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Amherst Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Amherst Cemetery
  • Sudan Cemetery
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sudan Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sudan Cemetery
  • Lazbuddie Cemetery
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lazbuddie Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lazbuddie Cemetery
  • Littlefield Cemetery
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Littlefield Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Littlefield Cemetery
  • Castro Memorial Gardens
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
  • Sacred Heart Cemetery
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sacred Heart Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sacred Heart Cemetery
  • Continue List   (9 more) ...
    • Center Plains Cemetery
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Halfway Cemetery
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Halfway Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Halfway Cemetery
    • Westlawn Memorial Park
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)

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 Springlake in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Springlake.

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

  • Dimmitt
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
  • Hale City ‑ Historic
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hale City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hale City
    • Hale City is located in Hale County

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Springlake. See our List of 1890's Communities around Springlake.

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Springlake. 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Springlake) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Springlake. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.2317, Longitude: -102.3058       In this case, the coordinates for Springlake 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>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 Springlake, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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