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Welcome to Emigrant Springs ...So far, we found very little information about Emigrant Springs. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Emigrant Springs to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Emigrant Springs, please Contact Us. Emigrant Springs would have been located within present day Sherman County<2>. The location of Emigrant Springs has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3> While we don't have a date for the founding of Emigrant Springs, you might consider that their post office opened in 1889. A typical abbreviation for Emigrant Springs: Emigrant Spgs. (or less commonly used: Emigrant Spngs. or Emigrant Sprngs.) While the community is gone, the present day location for Emigrant Springs is 1,250 feet [381 m] above sea level.<4>. Time Zone: The area where Emigrant Springs was located is in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time Emigrant Springs would have been located in the (541) and (458)<5> area codes. Communities Also Named Emigrant Springs ...Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Emigrant Springs - it's located in Nevada. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Emigrant Springs. Communities near Emigrant Springs ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Emigrant Springs.
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 Emigrant Springs. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Emigrant Springs. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Emigrant 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 Emigrant Springs. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Emigrant Springs. See our Newspapers Page for Emigrant Springs. Adding Emigrant Springs to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Emigrant Springs in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page. From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Emigrant Springs was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<8> We also found Emigrant Springs in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895). For more details, see References and Mentions for Emigrant Springs. Off-the-Road Links ...The official website for Sherman County: www.sherman-county.com/ The official website for State of Oregon: https://www.oregon.gov/ Footnotes ...
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