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Welcome to Neal Springs ...

Neal Springs is located in Sevier County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Neal Springs, you might consider that their post office opened in 1900.

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

Neal Springs is 310 feet [94 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

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

Communities near Neal Springs ...

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

  • De Queen
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Foreman
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Lockesburg
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Lockesburg is located in Sevier County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockesburg
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 710 people
  • Wilton
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Wilton is located in Little River County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilton
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 343 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wilton <4>
  • Haworth
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Haworth is located in McCurtain County (OK)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haworth
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 294 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Haworth <4>
  • Winthrop
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Gillham
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Gillham is located in Sevier County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gillham
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 155 people
  • Ben Lomond
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Cerrogordo
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Cerrogordo is located in Little River County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cerrogordo
  • Process City
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Process City is located in Sevier County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Process City

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Neal Springs ...

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

Adding Neal Springs to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Neal Springs post office opened in 1900. The Neal Springs post office closed in 1917.

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

Footnotes ...

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