Welcome to Dripping Spring ...
So far, we found very little information about Dripping Spring. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Dripping Spring to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. We would especially like to find the location of Dripping Spring - knowing its coordinates, we can explore things like its relationship to neighboring communities, nearby cemeteries, etc. If you can help us with Dripping Spring, please Contact Us.
While we don't have the exact location of Dripping Spring , we believe that it would have been located within present day Boone County<2>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Dripping Spring, you might consider that their post office opened in 1873.
A typical abbreviation for Dripping Spring: Dripping Spg. (or less commonly used: Dripping Spng. or Dripping Sprng.)
Time Zone: The area where Dripping Spring was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time
The location where Dripping Spring once stood is in the (573) area code.
Communities Also Named Dripping Spring ...
Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Missouri communities named Dripping Spring: This one is located in Boone County and the other is located in Franklin County.
For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Dripping Spring.
Adding Dripping Spring to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Dripping Spring in the FIPS-55 file. For more information, see the Referenced FIPS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.
From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Dripping Spring was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3>
From that list, the Dripping Spring post office opened in 1873.
We also found Dripping Spring in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).
For more details, see References and Mentions for Dripping Spring.
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Boone County: www.showmeboone.com/
The official website for State of Missouri: https://www.mo.gov/
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 Dripping Spring, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | If you're interested in how the shape of Missouri's counties, including Boone, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <3> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |