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Welcome to Pilgrim Springs ...

While we don't have a date for the founding of Pilgrim Springs, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1924.

A typical abbreviation for Pilgrim Springs: Pilgrim Spgs. (or less commonly used: Pilgrim Spngs. or Pilgrim Sprngs.)

Pilgrim Springs is near sea level<1>.

Time Zone: Pilgrim Springs lies in the Alaskan Time Zone (AKST/AKDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Pilgrim Springs: 907

Adding Pilgrim Springs to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Pilgrim 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 Pilgrim Springs was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>

From that list, the Pilgrim Springs post office opened in 1924.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Pilgrim Springs.

Footnotes ...

<1>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Pilgrim Springs - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<2>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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