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Welcome to Baker Springs ...

Baker Springs is located in Howard County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Baker Springs, you might consider that their post office opened in 1912.

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

Baker Springs is 660 feet [201 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Baker Springs: 870 & 327<3>

Communities near Baker Springs ...

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

  • Mena
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Dierks
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Wickes
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Grannis
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Grannis is located in Polk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grannis
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 566 people
  • Hatfield
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Cove
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Gillham
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Gillham is located in Sevier County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gillham
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 155 people
  • Vandervoort
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Vandervoort is located in Polk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vandervoort
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 85 people
  • Galena
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Galena is located in Howard County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galena
  • Mineola
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Mineola is located in Howard County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineola

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Baker Springs ...

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

Adding Baker Springs to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Baker Springs post office opened in 1912. The Baker Springs post office closed in 1928.

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Arkansas' counties, including Howard, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Baker 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 870 code has been Overlayed with the 327 area code. New phone numbers in the Baker Springs area will be assigned with one of these codes: 870 or 327. As a result, placing a call in the Baker 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/