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Welcome to Good Springs ...So far, we found very little information about Good Springs. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Good Springs to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Good Springs, please Contact Us. Good Springs would have been located within present day Colbert County<2>. The location of Good Springs has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3> While we don't have a date for the founding of Good Springs, you might get a feel for it by knowing that during our research the earliest mention that we found (so far) was in a book dated 1895. A typical abbreviation for Good Springs: Good Spgs. (or less commonly used: Good Spngs. or Good Sprngs.) While the community is gone, the present day location for Good Springs is 500 feet [152 m] above sea level.<4>. Time Zone: The area where Good Springs was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Good Springs would have been located in the (256) and (938)<5> area codes. Communities Also Named Good Springs ...While we believe that this Good Springs is located in Colbert County, we know of another 2 Alabama communities named Good Springs. Those communities are located in the following counties: Franklin and Limestone County. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Good Springs. Communities near Good Springs ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Good 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 Good Springs. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Good Springs. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Good 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 Good Springs. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Good Springs. See our Newspapers Page for Good Springs. Adding Good Springs to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Good Springs in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page. From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Good Springs was in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895). For more details, see References and Mentions for Good Springs. Off-the-Road Links ...The official website for Colbert County: www.colbertcounty.org/ The official website for State of Alabama: https://www.alabama.gov/ Footnotes ...
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