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Welcome to Bath Springs ...

Bath Springs is located in Etowah County<1>.

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

Bath Springs is 650 feet [198 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Bath Springs lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you travel east from Bath Springs (for example, toward Etna (GA)), you will leave Central Time and cross into the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT).

Communities Also Named Bath Springs ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Bath Springs - it's located in Tennessee.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Bath Springs.

Communities near Bath Springs ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Bath Springs.

  • Gadsden
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Boaz
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Boaz is located in Marshall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boaz
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,706 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Boaz <3>
  • Rainbow City
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Southside
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Attalla
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Glencoe
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Hokes Bluff
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Centre
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Collinsville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Crossville
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Bath Springs ...

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

Adding Bath Springs to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Bath 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 (so far) for Bath Springs was in the book titled SPV's Comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America - Southern States.

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Alabama's counties, including Etowah, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Bath Springs - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.