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Welcome to Magic Springs ...

Magic Springs is located in the Arkansas Ozarks.

Magic Springs is located in Searcy County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Magic Springs, you might consider that their post office opened in 1926.

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

Magic Springs is 1,910 feet [582 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

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

Communities near Magic Springs ...

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

  • Marshall
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Leslie
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Saint Joe
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Pindall
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Pindall is located in Searcy County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pindall
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 106 people
  • Gilbert
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Tilly
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Tilly is located in Pope County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tilly
  • Blanco
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Blanco is located in Searcy County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanco
  • Watts
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Watts is located in Searcy County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watts
  • Mount Judea
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Mount Judea is located in Newton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Judea
  • Copeland
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Copeland is located in Van Buren County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copeland

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Magic Springs ...

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

Adding Magic Springs to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Magic Springs post office opened in 1926. The Magic Springs post office closed in 1954.

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

Footnotes ...

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