Welcome to Cold Spring ...

So far, we found very little information about Cold Spring. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Cold Spring to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Cold Spring, please Contact Us.

Cold Spring would have been located within present day Sierra County<2>.

The location of Cold Spring has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3>

A typical abbreviation for Cold Spring: Cold Spg. (or less commonly used: Cold Spng. or Cold Sprng.)

While the community is gone, the present day location for Cold Spring is 4,580 feet [1,396 m] above sea level.<4> In other words, the altitude of Cold Spring is about ¾ mile [or ~1½ km] above sea level.

Time Zone: The area where Cold Spring was located is in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

If Cold Spring still existed, it would have been in the (530) area code.

Communities Also Named Cold Spring ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 39 communities that are also named Cold Spring - they are located in Colorado, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland, Massachusetts (4), Minnesota, Montana (2), Nevada (2), New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York (6), Pennsylvania (7), South Carolina (3), Tennessee (3), Vermont, Virginia (2) and Wisconsin.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Cold Spring.

Communities near Cold Spring ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Cold Spring.

• Grass Valley
  (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grass Valley
  • Grass Valley is located in Nevada County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 12,763 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Grass Valley <5>
• Nevada City
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nevada City
  • Nevada City is located in Nevada County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,127 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Nevada City <5>
• Goodyears Bar
  (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodyears Bar
  • Goodyears Bar is located in Sierra County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Goodyears Bar <5>
• North Bloomfield ‑ Historic
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Bloomfield
  • North Bloomfield is located in Nevada County
• Camptonville
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camptonville
  • Camptonville is located in Yuba County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Camptonville <5>
• Lake City
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake City
  • Lake City is located in Nevada County
• North Columbia
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for North Columbia have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Columbia
  • North Columbia is located in Nevada County
• Brandy City ‑ Historic
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brandy City have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brandy City
  • Brandy City is located in Sierra County
• Depot Hill ‑ Historic
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Depot Hill. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Depot Hill
  • Depot Hill is located in Yuba County
• Downieville
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Downieville
  • Downieville is located in Sierra County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Downieville <5>

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 Cold Spring. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Cold Spring.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Cold Spring. 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 Cold Spring.

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

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Sierra County: www.sierracounty.ws/

The official website for State of California: https://www.ca.gov/