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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Bowling Springs. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Bowling Springs to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Bowling Springs, please Contact Us.
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 Bowling 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 Bowling 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 Bowling 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 Bowling Springs: Bowling Spgs. (or less commonly used: Bowling Spngs. or Bowling Sprngs.)
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 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 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Bowling Springs is historic, it would have been located within present day Patrick County.
To see how the shape of Virginia's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Patrick County: Stokes (NC), Surry (NC), Carroll, Floyd, Franklin & Henry.
Below are the counties that are near Bowling Springs. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Bowling Springs:
- Patrick County (The home county of Bowling Springs)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bowling Springs, with the one closest to Bowling Springs listed first.
- Elamsville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Elamsville is located in Patrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elamsville
- Woolwine
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Stuart
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Charity
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Charity is located in Patrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charity
- Patrick Springs
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Critz
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Meadows of Dan
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Peters Creek
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Peters Creek is located in Patrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peters Creek
- Dodson
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Dodson is located in Patrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodson
- Nettleridge
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Nettleridge is located in Patrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nettleridge
- Stella
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Stella is located in Patrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stella
- Carters Mill
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Carters Mill is located in Patrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carters Mill
- Carroll County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bowling Springs, with the one closest to Bowling Springs listed first.
- Pike City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Pike City is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pike City
- Nester
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Nester is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nester
- Gladesboro
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Gladesboro is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gladesboro
- Dugspur
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Cana
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Fancy Gap
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Hillsville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Star
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Star is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Star
- Drenn
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Drenn is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drenn
- Lambsburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Sylvatus
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Sylvatus is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sylvatus
- Floyd County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bowling Springs, with the one closest to Bowling Springs listed first.
- Haycock
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Haycock is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haycock
- Floyd
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Pizarro
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Pizarro is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pizarro
- Poff
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Poff is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poff
- Duncan
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Duncan is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duncan
- Sowers
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Sowers is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sowers
- Simpsons
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Simpsons is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simpsons
- Indian Valley
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Terrys Fork
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Terrys Fork is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terrys Fork
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bowling Springs, with the one closest to Bowling Springs listed first.
- Henry
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Prilliman
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Prilliman is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prilliman
- Ferrum
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Sydnorsville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Sydnorsville is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sydnorsville
- Algoma
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Algoma is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Algoma
- Barfoot
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Barfoot is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barfoot
- Hickman
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Hickman is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickman
- Rocky Mount
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Gogginsville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Gogginsville is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gogginsville
- Henry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bowling Springs, with the one closest to Bowling Springs listed first.
- Bassett
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Preston
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Preston is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Preston
- Stanleytown
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Fieldale
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Collinsville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Horse Pasture
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Horse Pasture is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horse Pasture
- Oak Level
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Oak Level is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Level
- Reed Creek Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Reed Creek Village is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reed Creek Village
- Villa Heights
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Villa Heights is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Villa Heights
- Ridgeway
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Chatmoss
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Chatmoss is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatmoss
- Laurel Park
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Laurel Park is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurel Park
- Martinsville City
- Martinsville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Montgomery County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bowling Springs, with the one closest to Bowling Springs listed first.
- Pilot
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Rogers
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Rogers is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogers
- Riner
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Oak Grove
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Oak Grove is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- Childress
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Childress is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Childress
- Alleghany Springs
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Alleghany Springs is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alleghany Springs
- Christiansburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Old Farm Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Old Farm Village is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Farm Village
- Raintree Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Raintree Village is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raintree Village
- Houchins
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Houchins is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houchins
- Montgomery
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Montgomery is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montgomery
- Shawsville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Pulaski County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bowling Springs, with the one closest to Bowling Springs listed first.
- Snowville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Snowville is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snowville
- Mack Creek Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Mack Creek Village is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mack Creek Village
- Roanoke County
- Bent Mountain
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Rockingham County (NC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bowling Springs, with the one closest to Bowling Springs listed first.
- Matrimony
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Matrimony is located in Rockingham County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matrimony
- Mayodan
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Stoneville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Madison
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Fairview
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Fairview is located in Rockingham County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
- Providence
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Providence is located in Rockingham County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence
- Shiloh
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Shiloh is located in Rockingham County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh
- Eden
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Eden is located in Rockingham County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eden
- Population from the 2020 Census: 14,867 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Eden <2>
- Ellisboro
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Ellisboro is located in Rockingham County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellisboro
- Spray ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Spray is located in Rockingham County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spray
- Stokes County (NC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bowling Springs, with the one closest to Bowling Springs listed first.
- Aarons Corner
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Aarons Corner is located in Stokes County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aarons Corner
- Campbell
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Campbell is located in Stokes County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campbell
- Lawsonville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Lawsonville is located in Stokes County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawsonville
- Oak Ridge
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Oak Ridge is located in Stokes County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Ridge
- Snow Hill
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Snow Hill is located in Stokes County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snow Hill
- Amostown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Amostown is located in Stokes County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amostown
- Sandy Ridge
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Danbury
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Vade Mecum
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Vade Mecum is located in Stokes County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vade Mecum
- Upper Sawra Town ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Upper Sawra Town is located in Stokes County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Sawra Town
- Flat Rock
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Flat Rock is located in Stokes County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Rock
- Meadows
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Meadows is located in Stokes County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadows
- Surry County (NC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bowling Springs, with the one closest to Bowling Springs listed first.
- Albion
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Albion is located in Surry County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albion
- Mount Herman
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Herman is located in Surry County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Herman
- Westfield
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Flat Rock
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Flat Rock is located in Surry County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Rock
- Sheltontown
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Sheltontown is located in Surry County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheltontown
- Holly Springs
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Holly Springs is located in Surry County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Springs
- Mount Airy
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Pilot Mountain
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Toast
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Toast is located in Surry County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toast
- Ararat
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Flat Shoals ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Flat Shoals is located in Surry County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Shoals
- White Plains
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- White Plains is located in Surry County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Plains
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Bowling Springs, see our County-by-County Page for Bowling Springs.
Cemeteries Near Bowling Springs ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Bowling 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 Bowling Springs - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Bowling Springs covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Bowling Springs, with the one closest to Bowling Springs listed first.
- Bouldin Memorial Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Cockram Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Patrick Springs Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Liberty Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Stuart Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stuart Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Stuart Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Stuart.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1968882 <3>
- Patrick Memorial Gardens
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Goblintown Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Foley Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Rye Cove Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rye Cove Cemetery
- The Rye Cove Cemetery has also been known as:
- Fain Family Cemetery
- Handy Family Cemetery
- Handy - Rye Cemetery
- Light Family Cemetery
- Goodwill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- New Dan River Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Wayside Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Continue List (819 more) ...
- High Point Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Turner Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Conners View Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
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.
While we didn't find Bowling Springs in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Bowling Springs.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Bowling Springs, with the one closest to Bowling Springs listed first.
- Buffalo Ridge
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Buffalo Ridge is located in Patrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo Ridge
- Elamsville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Elamsville is located in Patrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elamsville
- Stuart
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Woolwine
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Patrick Springs
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Charity
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Charity is located in Patrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charity
- Vesta
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Dobyns
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Dobyns is located in Patrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dobyns
- Critz
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Meadows of Dan
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Peters Creek
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Peters Creek is located in Patrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peters Creek
- Nettleridge
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Nettleridge is located in Patrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nettleridge
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Stella
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Stella is located in Patrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stella
- Dodson
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Dodson is located in Patrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodson
- Haycock
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Haycock is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haycock
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Bowling Springs. See our List of 1890's Communities around Bowling Springs.
Newspapers Published in Bowling 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 30 newspapers that have been published in the area around Bowling Springs.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Bowling Springs, there are papers which were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Bowling Springs.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin 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 Bowling Springs:
- Websites specific to Virginia
- Pages specific to Patrick County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Carroll County
- Floyd County
- Franklin County
- Henry County
- Martinsville City
- Montgomery County
- Pulaski County
- Roanoke County
- Rockingham County
- Stokes County
- Surry County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Virginia
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Bowling Springs, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Bowling Springs) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |