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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Gray Sulphur Springs. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Gray Sulphur Springs to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Gray Sulphur 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 Gray Sulphur 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 Gray Sulphur 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 Gray Sulphur 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 Gray Sulphur Springs: Gray Sulphur Spgs. (or less commonly used: Gray Sulphur Spngs. or Gray Sulphur 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Gray Sulphur Springs is historic, it would have been located within present day Giles 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 Giles County: Bland, Craig, Montgomery, Pulaski, Mercer (WV), Monroe (WV) & Summers (WV).
Below are the counties that are near Gray Sulphur Springs. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Gray Sulphur Springs:
- Giles County (The home county of Gray Sulphur Springs)
- The following are listed by their distance from Gray Sulphur Springs, with the one closest to Gray Sulphur Springs listed first.
- Rich Creek
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Lurich
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Lurich is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lurich
- Narrows
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Bluff City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Bluff City is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff City
- Glen Lyn
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Glen Lyn is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Lyn
- Population from the 2020 Census: 97 people
- Pearisburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Shumate
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Shumate is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shumate
- Thessalia
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Thessalia is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thessalia
- Pembroke
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Eggleston
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Poplar Hill
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Poplar Hill is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Hill
- Goodwins Ferry
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Goodwins Ferry is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodwins Ferry
- Bland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gray Sulphur Springs, with the one closest to Gray Sulphur Springs listed first.
- Round Bottom
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Round Bottom is located in Bland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Bottom
- Mechanicsburg
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Mechanicsburg is located in Bland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mechanicsburg
- Rocky Gap
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Rocky Gap is located in Bland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Gap
- Hicksville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Hicksville is located in Bland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hicksville
- Bastian
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Bland
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Craig County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gray Sulphur Springs, with the one closest to Gray Sulphur Springs listed first.
- Captain
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Captain is located in Craig County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Captain
- Huffman
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Huffman is located in Craig County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huffman
- Simmonsville
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Simmonsville is located in Craig County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simmonsville
- Montgomery County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gray Sulphur Springs, with the one closest to Gray Sulphur Springs listed first.
- Prices Fork
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Prices Fork is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prices Fork
- McBryde Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- McBryde Village is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McBryde Village
- Sundance Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Sundance Village is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sundance Village
- Mount Tabor Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Mount Tabor Village is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Tabor Village
- Blacksburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Merrimac
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Merrimac is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrimac
- Bennetts Mill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Bennetts Mill is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bennetts Mill
- Ellett
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Ellett is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellett
- Childress
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Childress is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Childress
- Christiansburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Houchins
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Houchins is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houchins
- Old Farm Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Old Farm Village is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Farm Village
- Pulaski County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gray Sulphur Springs, with the one closest to Gray Sulphur Springs listed first.
- Sassin ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Sassin is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sassin
- Parrott
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Parrott is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parrott
- Cowan
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Cowan is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cowan
- Fairlawn
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Fairlawn is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairlawn
- Dublin
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Hilton Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Hilton Village is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilton Village
- Newbern
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Wurno
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Wurno is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wurno
- Pulaski
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Draper
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Snowville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Snowville is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snowville
- Mack Creek Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Mack Creek Village is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mack Creek Village
- Radford City
- The following are listed by their distance from Gray Sulphur Springs, with the one closest to Gray Sulphur Springs listed first.
- New Town
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- New Town is located in Radford City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Town
- Radford
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Mill Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Mill Village is located in Radford City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Village
- Radford Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Radford Village is located in Radford City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Radford Village
- Simpkins Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Simpkins Village is located in Radford City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simpkins Village
- Sunset Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Sunset Village is located in Radford City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Village
- Tazewell County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gray Sulphur Springs, with the one closest to Gray Sulphur Springs listed first.
- Bluefield
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Falls Mills
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Falls Mills is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falls Mills
- Yards
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Yards is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yards
- Wythe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gray Sulphur Springs, with the one closest to Gray Sulphur Springs listed first.
- Locust Hill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Locust Hill is located in Wythe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Hill
- Max Meadows
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Greenbrier County (WV)
- The following are listed by their distance from Gray Sulphur Springs, with the one closest to Gray Sulphur Springs listed first.
- Alderson
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Fort Spring
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Fort Spring is located in Greenbrier County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Spring
- Frazier
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Frazier is located in Greenbrier County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frazier
- Rockland
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Rockland is located in Greenbrier County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockland
- Ronceverte
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Logan County (WV)
- Rich Creek
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Rich Creek is located in Logan County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rich Creek
- Mercer County (WV)
- The following are listed by their distance from Gray Sulphur Springs, with the one closest to Gray Sulphur Springs listed first.
- Willowton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Willowton is located in Mercer County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willowton
- Elgood
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Elgood is located in Mercer County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elgood
- Oakvale
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Oakvale is located in Mercer County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakvale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 109 people
- Athens
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- East River ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- East River is located in Mercer County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East River
- Oak Grove
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Oak Grove is located in Mercer County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- Blake ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Blake is located in Mercer County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blake
- Princeton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- El Centro ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- El Centro is located in Mercer County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for El Centro
- Johnston Town
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Johnston Town is located in Mercer County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnston Town
- Edison
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Edison is located in Mercer County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edison
- Bethel ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Bethel is located in Mercer County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel
- Monroe County (WV)
- The following are listed by their distance from Gray Sulphur Springs, with the one closest to Gray Sulphur Springs listed first.
- Peterstown
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Ballard
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Ballard is located in Monroe County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ballard
- Assurance
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Assurance is located in Monroe County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Assurance
- Wikel
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Wikel is located in Monroe County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wikel
- Wayside
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Wayside is located in Monroe County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayside
- Creamery
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Creamery is located in Monroe County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creamery
- Union
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Union is located in Monroe County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
- Population from the 2020 Census: 539 people
- Wolfcreek
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Wolfcreek is located in Monroe County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolfcreek
- Hillsdale
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Hillsdale is located in Monroe County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsdale
- Hollywood
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Hollywood is located in Monroe County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollywood
- Raleigh County (WV)
- The following are listed by their distance from Gray Sulphur Springs, with the one closest to Gray Sulphur Springs listed first.
- Shady Spring
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Abraham
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Abraham is located in Raleigh County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abraham
- Coal City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Coal City is located in Raleigh County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal City
- Daniels
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Princewick
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Princewick is located in Raleigh County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Princewick
- Sullivan
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Sullivan is located in Raleigh County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sullivan
- Summers County (WV)
- The following are listed by their distance from Gray Sulphur Springs, with the one closest to Gray Sulphur Springs listed first.
- Mercers Saltworks ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Mercers Saltworks is located in Summers County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mercers Saltworks
- Forest Hill
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Buck
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Buck is located in Summers County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buck
- Pipestem
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Bargers Springs
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Bargers Springs is located in Summers County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bargers Springs
- True
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- True is located in Summers County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for True
- Hilldale
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Hilldale is located in Summers County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilldale
- Packs Ferry
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Packs Ferry is located in Summers County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Packs Ferry
- Talcott
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Bellepoint
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Bellepoint is located in Summers County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellepoint
- Lowell
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Lowell is located in Summers County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowell
- Nimitz
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Nimitz is located in Summers County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nimitz
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Gray Sulphur Springs, see our County-by-County Page for Gray Sulphur Springs.
Cemeteries Near Gray Sulphur Springs ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Gray Sulphur 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 Gray Sulphur Springs - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Gray Sulphur Springs covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Gray Sulphur Springs, with the one closest to Gray Sulphur Springs listed first.
- Peterstown Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Adair Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Dunn Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Karnes Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Hare Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Fairview Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Woolwine Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Day Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Hale Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Mason French Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Broyles Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Blankenship Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Continue List (334 more) ...
- Birchlawn Burial Park
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Snidow Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Reed Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
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 Gray Sulphur Springs in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Gray Sulphur Springs.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Gray Sulphur Springs, with the one closest to Gray Sulphur Springs listed first.
- Peterstown
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Rich Creek
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Rich Creek is located in Logan County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rich Creek
- Lurich
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Lurich is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lurich
- Cashmere
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Cashmere is located in Monroe County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cashmere
- Glen Lyn
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Glen Lyn is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Lyn
- Population from the 2020 Census: 97 people
- Narrows
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Bluff City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Bluff City is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff City
- Cloverdale
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Cloverdale is located in Monroe County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverdale
- Pearisburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Ballard
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Ballard is located in Monroe County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ballard
- Willowton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Willowton is located in Mercer County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willowton
- Shumate
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Shumate is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shumate
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Ripplemead
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Ripplemead is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ripplemead
- Kimballton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Kimballton is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimballton
- Neponset
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Neponset is located in Summers County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neponset
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Gray Sulphur Springs. See our List of 1890's Communities around Gray Sulphur Springs.
Newspapers Published in Gray Sulphur 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 24 newspapers that have been published in the area around Gray Sulphur Springs.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Gray Sulphur Springs, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Gray Sulphur Springs.
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 Gray Sulphur Springs:
- Websites specific to Virginia
- Pages specific to Giles County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bland County
- Craig County
- Montgomery County
- Pulaski County
- Radford City
- Tazewell County
- Wythe County
- Greenbrier County
- Logan County
- Mercer County
- Monroe County
- Raleigh County
- Summers 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 Gray Sulphur 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Gray Sulphur Springs) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |