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Welcome to Pinnacle Springs ...

So far, we found very little information about Pinnacle Springs. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Pinnacle Springs to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Pinnacle Springs, please Contact Us.


Pinnacle Springs would have been located within present day Faulkner County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Pinnacle Springs, you might consider that their post office opened in 1881.

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

While the community is gone, the present day location for Pinnacle Springs is 570 feet [174 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: The area where Pinnacle Springs was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

The Area Code where Pinnacle Springs was located: 501

Communities near Pinnacle Springs ...

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

  • Conway
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Conway is located in Faulkner County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conway
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 68,100 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Conway <4>
  • Greenbrier
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Vilonia
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Clinton
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Wooster
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Plumerville
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Quitman
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Holland
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Holland is located in Faulkner County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holland
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 586 people
  • Rose Bud
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Enola
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Enola is located in Faulkner County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enola
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 354 people

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

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

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

Adding Pinnacle Springs to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Pinnacle Springs in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Pinnacle Springs was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Pinnacle Springs post office opened in 1881. The Pinnacle Springs post office closed in 1901.

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

Footnotes ...

<1>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Pinnacle Springs, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Arkansas' counties, including Faulkner, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Pinnacle Springs - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<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/