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Welcome to Piedmont Springs ...

Piedmont Springs is located in Calhoun County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Piedmont Springs, you might consider that their post office opened in 1890.

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

Piedmont Springs is 800 feet [244 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

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

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

Communities Also Named Piedmont Springs ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named Piedmont Springs - they are located in North Carolina and South Carolina.

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

Websites for Piedmont Springs ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.calhounchamber.com/

Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Piedmont Springs, the following might be of interest:

Communities near Piedmont Springs ...

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

  • Anniston
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Jacksonville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Glencoe
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Piedmont
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Hokes Bluff
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Centre
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Heflin
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Weaver
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Weaver is located in Calhoun County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weaver
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,030 people
  • Leesburg
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Etna
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Etna is located in Polk County (GA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etna
    • Estimated population in 2019: 902 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 Piedmont Springs. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Piedmont Springs.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Piedmont Springs ...

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

Adding Piedmont Springs to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Piedmont Springs post office opened in 1890. The Piedmont Springs post office closed in 1893.

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

Footnotes ...

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