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Welcome to Village Springs ...

Village Springs is located in Jefferson County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Village Springs, you might get a feel for it by knowing that the earliest mention that we've found (so far) was on a map dated 1911.

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

Village Springs is 690 feet [210 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Village Springs: 205 & 659<3>

Communities Also Named Village Springs ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Alabama communities named Village Springs: This one is located in Jefferson County and the other is located in Blount County.

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

Communities near Village Springs ...

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

  • Birmingham
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Trussville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Mountain Brook
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Center Point
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Gardendale
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Moody
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Moody is located in Saint Clair County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moody
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 13,292 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Moody <4>
  • Irondale
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Leeds
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Leeds is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leeds
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 12,026 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Leeds <4>
  • Clay
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Clay is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clay
    • Estimated population in 2015: 9,655 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Clay <4>
  • Fultondale
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Village Springs ...

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

Adding Village Springs to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Village 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 Village Springs was on a map titled Map of Alabama (from Rand McNally, 1911).

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Alabama's counties, including Jefferson, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Village 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 205 code has been Overlayed with the 659 area code. New phone numbers in the Village Springs area will be assigned with one of these codes: 205 or 659. As a result, placing a call in the Village 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.