Do you know of Cold Spring ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Cold Spring. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Cold Spring.

Our sources for Cold Spring (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office by the same name. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Cold Spring other than they indicate that Cold Spring would be found somewhere in Edgefield County, South Carolina.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1841 and closed in 1929.

This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others.

Part of the difficulty in identifying whether a name is a post office or a community lies with how Post Offices were named. We've prepared an article with our understanding of how post offices were named: Naming of Post Offices.

Communities Also Named Cold Spring ...

We found 39 communities that share the name Cold Spring.

There are two communities within South Carolina that are also named Cold Spring.

Beyond South Carolina, we know of another 37 communities that are located throughout in the United States.

Communities Located In South Carolina ...
- Abbeville County
  - Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Cold Spring [Abbeville County].
- Spartanburg County
  - Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Cold Spring [Spartanburg County].

Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- California
  - Sierra County
  - Please visit our profile page for the California community of Cold Spring [Sierra County].
- Colorado
  - Custer County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Cold Spring [Custer County].
- Indiana
  - Dearborn County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Cold Spring [Dearborn County].
- Kansas
  - Allen County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Cold Spring [Allen County].
- Kentucky
  - Campbell County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Cold Spring [Campbell County].
- Maryland
  - Baltimore City
  - Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Cold Spring [Baltimore City].
- Massachusetts
  - Berkshire County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Massachusetts community of Cold Spring [Berkshire County].
  - Franklin County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Massachusetts community of Cold Spring [Franklin County].
  - Hampshire County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Massachusetts community of Cold Spring [Hampshire County].
  - Middlesex County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Massachusetts community of Cold Spring [Middlesex County].
- Minnesota
  - Stearns County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Cold Spring [Stearns County].
- Montana
  - Jefferson County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Montana community of Cold Spring [Jefferson County].
  - Rosebud County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Montana community of Cold Spring [Rosebud County].
- Nevada
  - Lincoln County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Nevada community of Cold Spring [Lincoln County].
  - Washoe County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Nevada community of Cold Spring [Washoe County].
- New Hampshire
  - Belknap County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New Hampshire community of Cold Spring [Belknap County].
- New Jersey
  - Cape May County
  - Please visit our profile page for the New Jersey community of Cold Spring [Cape May County].
- New York
  - Cattaraugus County
  - Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Cold Spring [Cattaraugus County].
  - Cayuga County
  - Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Cold Spring [Cayuga County].
  - Onondaga County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New York community of Cold Spring [Onondaga County].
  - Putnam County
  - Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Cold Spring [Putnam County].
  - Queens County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New York community of Cold Spring [Queens County].
  - Steuben County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New York community of Cold Spring [Steuben County].
- Pennsylvania
  - Bradford County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Cold Spring [Bradford County].
  - Chester County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Cold Spring [Chester County].
  - Franklin County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Cold Spring [Franklin County].
  - Huntingdon County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Cold Spring [Huntingdon County].
  - Lebanon County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Cold Spring [Lebanon County].
  - Wayne County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Cold Spring [Wayne County].
  - York County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Cold Spring [York County].
- Tennessee
  - Bledsoe County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Cold Spring [Bledsoe County].
  - Johnson County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Cold Spring [Johnson County].
  - Sullivan County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Cold Spring [Sullivan County].
- Vermont
  - Rutland County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Vermont community of Cold Spring [Rutland County].
- Virginia
  - Augusta County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Cold Spring [Augusta County].
  - Carroll County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Cold Spring [Carroll County].
- Wisconsin
  - Jefferson County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Cold Spring [Jefferson County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Cold Spring ...

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Cold Spring:

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Cold Spring - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned

Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851)
Published by W. & J.C. Greer, Printers

U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846)
Published by John T. Towers

More Orphans in Edgefield County ...

Can you help?

As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Edgefield County.

Footnotes ...

<1>

If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Cold Spring could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.

<2>

A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/