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Welcome to Powder Springs ...Powder Springs is located in Grainger County<1>. The location of Powder Springs has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2> While we don't have a date for the founding of Powder Springs, you might consider that their post office opened in 1898. A typical abbreviation for Powder Springs: Powder Spgs. (or less commonly used: Powder Spngs. or Powder Sprngs.) Powder Springs is 1,210 feet [369 m] above sea level.<3>. Time Zone: Powder Springs lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time Note: If you travel west from Powder Springs (for example, toward Gernt), you will leave Eastern Time and cross into the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT). Powder Springs is located in the (865) area code. Communities Also Named Powder Springs ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Tennessee communities named Powder Springs: This one is located in Grainger County and the other is located in Sevier County. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Powder Springs. Communities near Powder Springs ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Powder 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 Powder Springs. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Powder Springs. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Powder 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 Powder Springs. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Powder Springs. See our Newspapers Page for Powder Springs. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Powder Springs ...Looking for more information about Powder Springs? 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 Powder Springs, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Powder Springs. Adding Powder Springs to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Powder 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 Powder Springs was in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895). We also found Powder Springs in the book titled .<5> From that list, the Powder Springs post office opened in 1898. For more details, see References and Mentions for Powder Springs. Off-the-Road Links ...Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Powder Springs. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page. The official website for State of Tennessee: https://www.tn.gov/ Footnotes ...
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