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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Spring Gap. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Spring Gap to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Spring Gap, 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 Spring Gap (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 Gap. 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 southwest 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 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 west 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 Spring Gap is historic, it would have been located within present day Hampshire County.
To see how the shape of West 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 Hampshire County: Allegany (MD), Frederick (VA), Hardy, Mineral & Morgan.
Below are the counties that are near Spring Gap. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Spring Gap:
- Hampshire County (The home county of Spring Gap)
- The following are listed by their distance from Spring Gap, with the one closest to Spring Gap listed first.
- Higginsville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Higginsville is located in Hampshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Higginsville
- Slanesville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Slanesville is located in Hampshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slanesville
- Points
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Points is located in Hampshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Points
- Okonoko
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Okonoko is located in Hampshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Okonoko
- North River Mills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- North River Mills is located in Hampshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North River Mills
- Three Churches
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Three Churches is located in Hampshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Churches
- Donaldson
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Donaldson is located in Hampshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donaldson
- Springfield
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Capon Bridge
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Good
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Good is located in Hampshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Good
- Augusta
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Ritters
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Ritters is located in Hampshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ritters
- Vance
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Vance is located in Hampshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vance
- Berkeley County
- The following are listed by their distance from Spring Gap, with the one closest to Spring Gap listed first.
- Gerrardstown
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Arden
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Arden is located in Berkeley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arden
- Bunker Hill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Inwood
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Ridgeway
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Darkesville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Darkesville is located in Berkeley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darkesville
- Hedgesville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Martinsburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Hardy County
- The following are listed by their distance from Spring Gap, with the one closest to Spring Gap listed first.
- Inkerman
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Inkerman is located in Hardy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inkerman
- Wardensville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Baker
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Baker is located in Hardy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baker
- Jefferson County
- Middleway
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Mineral County
- The following are listed by their distance from Spring Gap, with the one closest to Spring Gap listed first.
- Fort Ashby
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Short Gap
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Short Gap is located in Mineral County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Short Gap
- Headsville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Headsville is located in Mineral County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Headsville
- Wiley Ford
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Carpendale
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Carpendale is located in Mineral County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carpendale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 900 people
- Ridgeley
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Burlington
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Keyser
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- New Creek
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Piedmont
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Windom ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Windom is located in Mineral County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windom
- Morgan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Spring Gap, with the one closest to Spring Gap listed first.
- Paw Paw
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Magnolia
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Magnolia is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia
- Hansrote
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Hansrote is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hansrote
- Doe Gully
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Doe Gully is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doe Gully
- Oakland
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Oakland is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
- Orleans Cross Roads
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Orleans Cross Roads is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orleans Cross Roads
- Stotlers Crossroads
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Stotlers Crossroads is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stotlers Crossroads
- Woodmont
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Woodmont is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodmont
- Berryville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Berryville is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berryville
- Bath
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Bath is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bath
- Population from the 2020 Census: 587 people
- Berkeley Springs
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Hancock
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Hancock is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hancock
- Holton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Holton is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holton
- Allegany County (MD)
- The following are listed by their distance from Spring Gap, with the one closest to Spring Gap listed first.
- Keifers
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Keifers is located in Allegany County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keifers
- Oldtown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Green Ridge
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Green Ridge is located in Allegany County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Ridge
- Spring Gap
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Spring Gap is located in Allegany County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Gap
- Town Creek ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Town Creek is located in Allegany County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Town Creek
- Little Orleans
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Rush
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Rush is located in Allegany County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rush
- Flintstone
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Brady
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Brady is located in Allegany County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brady
- Cedar Cliff
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Cedar Cliff is located in Allegany County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Cliff
- Cresaptown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Cumberland
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Frost ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Frost is located in Allegany County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frost
- Garrett County (MD)
- Bloomington
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Bloomington is located in Garrett County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomington
- Washington County (MD)
- The following are listed by their distance from Spring Gap, with the one closest to Spring Gap listed first.
- Pearre
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Pearre is located in Washington County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearre
- Hancock
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Big Pool
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Bedford County (PA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Spring Gap, with the one closest to Spring Gap listed first.
- Beans Cove
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Beans Cove is located in Bedford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beans Cove
- Cooks Mills
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Cooks Mills is located in Bedford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooks Mills
- Stringtown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Stringtown is located in Bedford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stringtown
- Purcell
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Purcell is located in Bedford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Purcell
- Robinsonville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Robinsonville is located in Bedford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinsonville
- Hyndman
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Fulton County (PA)
- Warfordsburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Somerset County (PA)
- Wellersburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Wellersburg is located in Somerset County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wellersburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 169 people
- Clarke County (VA)
- Wadesville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Wadesville is located in Clarke County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wadesville
- Frederick County (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Spring Gap, with the one closest to Spring Gap listed first.
- Good
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Good is located in Frederick County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Good
- Collinsville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Collinsville is located in Frederick County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collinsville
- Cross Junction
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Nordic Village
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Nordic Village is located in Frederick County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nordic Village
- Shockeysville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Shockeysville is located in Frederick County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shockeysville
- Siler
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Siler is located in Frederick County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siler
- Lehew
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Lehew is located in Frederick County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lehew
- Rock Enon Springs
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Rock Enon Springs is located in Frederick County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Enon Springs
- Hayfield
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Hayfield is located in Frederick County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayfield
- Rosenberger
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Rosenberger is located in Frederick County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosenberger
- Cedar Grove
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Cedar Grove is located in Frederick County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
- Albin
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Albin is located in Frederick County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albin
- Chambersville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Chambersville is located in Frederick County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chambersville
- Shenandoah County (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Spring Gap, with the one closest to Spring Gap listed first.
- Zepp
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Zepp is located in Shenandoah County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zepp
- Strasburg Junction
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Strasburg Junction is located in Shenandoah County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strasburg Junction
- Winchester City (VA)
- Winchester
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Spring Gap, see our County-by-County Page for Spring Gap.
Cemeteries Near Spring Gap ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Spring Gap.
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 Gap - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Spring Gap covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Spring Gap, with the one closest to Spring Gap listed first.
- Ginnevan Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Woodrow Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Mt. Bethel Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Camp Hill Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Sulphur Springs Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Veterans of Foreign Wars Burial Park
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Oldtown Catholic Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Oldtown United Methodist Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Enon Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Old Enon Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Bevans Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Horn Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (281 more) ...
- Fifty-Four Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Ebenezer Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ebenezer Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Ebenezer Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<3> to the east of Romney.
- The Ebenezer Cemetery has also been known as:
- Ebenezer UMC Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1098821 <4>
- Capon Chapel Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
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.
Spring Gap itself is historic and was described in the Rand McNally Atlas as having a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Spring Gap, with the one closest to Spring Gap listed first.
- Higginsville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Higginsville is located in Hampshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Higginsville
- Slanesville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Slanesville is located in Hampshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slanesville
- Levels
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Levels is located in Hampshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Levels
- Three Churches
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Three Churches is located in Hampshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Churches
- North River Mills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- North River Mills is located in Hampshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North River Mills
- Little Cacapon
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Little Cacapon is located in Hampshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Cacapon
- Okonoko
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Okonoko is located in Hampshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Okonoko
- Barnes Mill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Barnes Mill is located in Hampshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnes Mill
- Cold Stream
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Cold Stream is located in Hampshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cold Stream
- Bloomery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Bloomery is located in Hampshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomery
- Green Spring
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Green Spring is located in Hampshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Spring
- Paw Paw
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Donaldson
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Donaldson is located in Hampshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donaldson
- Springfield
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Pleasantdale
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Pleasantdale is located in Hampshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasantdale
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Spring Gap. See our List of 1890's Communities around Spring Gap.
Newspapers Published in Spring Gap ...
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 66 newspapers that have been published in the area around Spring Gap.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Spring Gap, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Spring Gap.
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 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 Gap:
- Websites specific to West Virginia
- Pages specific to Hampshire County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Berkeley County
- Hardy County
- Jefferson County
- Mineral County
- Morgan County
- Allegany County
- Garrett County
- Washington County
- Bedford County
- Fulton County
- Somerset County
- Clarke County
- Frederick County
- Shenandoah County
- Winchester City
- Cemetery Information and Directories for West 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 Spring Gap, 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> | 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- Spring Gap) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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. |