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Welcome to Borden Springs ...

Borden Springs is located in Cleburne County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Borden Springs, you might consider that their post office opened in 1876.

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

Borden Springs is 840 feet [256 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Note: While Borden Springs is in the Central Time Zone, the area just to the east is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT).

Area Codes for Borden Springs: 256 & 938<3>

Communities near Borden Springs ...

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

  • Jacksonville
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Cedartown
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Piedmont
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Centre
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Tallapoosa
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Buchanan
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Buchanan is located in Haralson County (GA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buchanan
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,196 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Buchanan <4>
  • Cave Spring
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Etna
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Etna is located in Polk County (GA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etna
    • Estimated population in 2019: 902 people
  • Grady ‑ Historic
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Grady is located in Polk County (GA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grady
    • Estimated population in 2019: 290 people
  • Fruithurst
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Fruithurst is located in Cleburne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruithurst
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 284 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 Borden Springs. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Borden Springs.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Borden Springs ...

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

Adding Borden Springs to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Borden Springs post office opened in 1876. The Borden Springs post office closed in 1974.

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Alabama's counties, including Cleburne, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Borden Springs - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 256 code has been Overlayed with the 938 area code. New phone numbers in the Borden Springs area will be assigned with one of these codes: 256 or 938. As a result, placing a call in the Borden Springs area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

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