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Welcome to Mint Spring ...

Mint Spring is located in Madison County<1>.

A typical abbreviation for Mint Spring: Mint Spg. (or less commonly used: Mint Spng. or Mint Sprng.)

Mint Spring is 790 feet [241 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

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

Area Codes for Mint Spring: 256 & 938<3>

Communities Also Named Mint Spring ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named Mint Spring - they are located in Tennessee and Virginia.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Mint Spring.

Communities near Mint Spring ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Mint Spring.

  • Huntsville
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Fayetteville
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Gattistown
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Gattistown is located in Lincoln County (TN)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gattistown
    • Estimated population in 2014: 4,158 people
  • Park City Heights
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Park City Heights is located in Lincoln County (TN)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park City Heights
    • Population from the 2010 Census: 2,442 people
  • Huntland
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Gurley
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Flintville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Flintville is located in Lincoln County (TN)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flintville
    • Population from the 2010 Census: 627 people
  • Clarks Ferry
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Clarks Ferry is located in Lincoln County (TN)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarks Ferry
    • Estimated population in 2014: 387 people
  • Garner Ford
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Garner Ford is located in Franklin County (TN)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garner Ford
    • Estimated population in 2014: 309 people
  • Hazel Green
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Mint Spring ...

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Alabama's counties, including Madison, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Mint Spring - 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 Mint Spring area will be assigned with one of these codes: 256 or 938. As a result, placing a call in the Mint Spring 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.