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Welcome to Warm Springs ...

Warm Springs is located in Talladega County<1>.


The location of Warm Springs has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2>


While we don't have a date for the founding of Warm Springs, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1892.

A typical abbreviation for Warm Springs: Warm Spgs. (or less commonly used: Warm Spngs. or Warm Sprngs.)

Warm Springs is 820 feet [250 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: Warm Springs lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you leave Warm Springs and travel east, you will leave Central Time and cross into the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT).

Communities Also Named Warm Springs ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 10 communities that are also named Warm Springs - they are located in Arkansas, California, Georgia, Montana, Nevada (2), Oregon (3) and Virginia.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Warm Springs.

Communities near Warm Springs ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Warm Springs.

  • Sylacauga
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Childersburg
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Wilsonville
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Goodwater
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Oak Grove
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oak Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
    • Oak Grove is located in Talladega County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 513 people
  • Rockford
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Kellyton
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kellyton
    • Kellyton is located in Coosa County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 208 people
  • Talladega Springs
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talladega Springs
    • Talladega Springs is located in Talladega County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 156 people
  • Bon Air
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bon Air have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bon Air
    • Bon Air is located in Talladega County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 109 people
  • Gantts Quarry
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gantts Quarry have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gantts Quarry
    • Gantts Quarry is located in Talladega County

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Warm Springs. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Warm Springs.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Warm Springs. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Warm Springs.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Warm Springs. See our Newspapers Page for Warm Springs.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Warm Springs ...

Looking for more information about Warm Springs? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Warm Springs, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Warm Springs.

Adding Warm Springs to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Warm Springs in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Warm Springs was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Warm Springs post office opened in 1892.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Warm Springs.

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Warm Springs. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for State of Alabama: https://www.alabama.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Alabama's counties, including Talladega, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>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.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Warm Springs - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/









 

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