Welcome to Mineral Springs ...
So far, we found very little information about Mineral Springs. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Mineral Springs to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. We would especially like to find the location of Mineral Springs - knowing its coordinates, we can explore things like its relationship to neighboring communities, nearby cemeteries, etc. If you can help us with Mineral Springs, please Contact Us.
While we don't have the exact location of Mineral Springs , we believe that it would have been located within present day Valencia County<2>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Mineral Springs, you might consider that their post office opened in 1877.
A typical abbreviation for Mineral Springs: Mineral Spgs. (or less commonly used: Mineral Spngs. or Mineral Sprngs.)
Time Zone: The area where Mineral Springs was located is in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time
The location where Mineral Springs once stood is in the (505) area code.
Communities Also Named Mineral Springs ...
Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 26 communities that are also named Mineral Springs - they are located in Alabama (2), Arkansas (2), Florida, Georgia (2), Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana (2), Mississippi, New York, North Carolina (2), Ohio, Ontario, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee (2), Texas (2), Virginia and West Virginia.
For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Mineral Springs.
Adding Mineral Springs to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Mineral 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 Mineral Springs was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3>
From that list, the Mineral Springs post office opened in 1877.
For more details, see References and Mentions for Mineral Springs.
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Valencia County: www.co.valencia.nm.us/
The official website for State of New Mexico: www.newmexico.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 Mineral Springs, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | If you're interested in how the shape of New Mexico's counties, including Valencia, 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/ |