Welcome to Spring Garden ...

Spring Garden is located in Philadelphia County<1>.

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

While we don't have a date for the founding of Spring Garden, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1831.

A typical abbreviation for Spring Garden: Spring Gdn. (or less commonly used: Spring Gardn., Spring Grden. or Spring Grdn.)

Spring Garden is 80 feet [24 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: Spring Garden lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Communities Also Named Spring Garden ...

While we believe that this Spring Garden is located in Philadelphia County, we know of another 7 Pennsylvania communities named Spring Garden. Those communities are located in the following counties: Allegheny, Bucks, Lancaster, Schuylkill, Union, Westmoreland and York County.

Beyond Pennsylvania, there are 19 communities that are also named Spring Garden - they are located in Alabama (2), California, Florida, Illinois, Missouri, North Carolina, Nova Scotia, Virginia (3) and West Virginia.

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

Communities near Spring Garden ...

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

• Camden
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camden
  • Camden is located in Camden County (NJ)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 73,740 people
• Norristown
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norristown
  • Norristown is located in Montgomery County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 34,323 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Norristown <4>
• Chester
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chester
  • Chester is located in Delaware County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 33,692 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Chester <4>
• Lansdale
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lansdale
  • Lansdale is located in Montgomery County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 17,335 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lansdale <4>
• Yeadon
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yeadon
  • Yeadon is located in Delaware County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 11,489 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Yeadon <4>
• Gloucester City
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gloucester City
  • Gloucester City is located in Camden County (NJ)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 11,190 people
• Darby
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darby
  • Darby is located in Delaware County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,704 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Darby <4>
• Lansdowne
  (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lansdowne have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lansdowne
  • Lansdowne is located in Delaware County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,641 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lansdowne <4>
• Burlington
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burlington
  • Burlington is located in Burlington County (NJ)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,840 people
• Woodbury
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodbury
  • Woodbury is located in Gloucester County (NJ)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,813 people

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Spring Garden ...

Looking for more information about Spring Garden? 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 Spring Garden, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Spring Garden.

Adding Spring Garden to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Spring Garden 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 Spring Garden was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Spring Garden post office opened in 1831.

We also found Spring Garden in the book titled U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Spring Garden.

Off-the-Road Links ...

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

The official website for State of Pennsylvania: https://www.pa.gov/