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Welcome to Black Springs ...

The town of Black Springs is located in Montgomery County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Black Springs, you might consider that their post office opened in 1869.

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

From the  Census Estimates for 2019, Black Springs has a population of 94 people<2> (see below for details).

Black Springs is 780 feet [238 m] above sea level.<3>.

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

Area Codes for Black Springs: 870 & 327<4>

Population Details ...

Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Black Springs had an population of 94 people. This is a decrease of 5.05% since the 2010 Census (or a decrease of 17.54% since the 2000 Census).

At the time of the 2010 Census, Black Springs had a population of 99 people. This makes Black Springs the county's 4th most populous community.

With a 2010 count of 99 people, the population of Black Springs decreased 13.16% from the 2000 Census (with a count of 114 people).

More information can be found on the Census Page for Black Springs.

Communities Also Named Black Springs ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Black Springs - it's located in Nevada.

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

Communities near Black Springs ...

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

  • Glenwood
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Mount Ida
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Amity
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Amity is located in Clark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amity
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 674 people
  • Oden
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Oden is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oden
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 215 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Oden <5>
  • Daisy
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Daisy is located in Pike County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daisy
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 109 people
  • Manfred
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Manfred is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manfred
  • Ophir
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Ophir is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ophir
  • Caddo Gap
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Cox Spring
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Cox Spring is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cox Spring
  • Hickory Station ‑ Historic
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Hickory Station is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Station

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Black Springs ...

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

Adding Black Springs to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Black 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 Black Springs was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Black Springs post office opened in 1869. The Black Springs post office closed in 1975.

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Arkansas' counties, including Montgomery, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>Population counts have been provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. For more detail, please visit our Census Page for Black Springs.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Black Springs - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>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 Black Springs area will be assigned with one of these codes: 870 or 327. As a result, placing a call in the Black Springs area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>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/