Do you know of Hot Springs ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Hot Springs. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Hot Springs.

Our sources for Hot Springs (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office by the same name. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Hot Springs other than they indicate that Hot Springs would be found somewhere in Yavapai County, Arizona.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1891 and closed in 1936.

This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others.

Part of the difficulty in identifying whether a name is a post office or a community lies with how Post Offices were named. We've prepared an article with our understanding of how post offices were named: Naming of Post Offices.

Communities Also Named Hot Springs ...

We found 29 communities that share the name Hot Springs.

Within Arizona, the name Hot Springs is unique.

Beyond Arizona, we know of another 29 communities that are located throughout in the United States.

Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alaska
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Alaska community of Hot Springs.
- Arkansas
  - Garland County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Hot Springs [Garland County].
- California
  - Lassen County
  - Please visit our profile page for the California community of Hot Springs [Lassen County].
  - Mono County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the California community of Hot Springs [Mono County].
  - Placer County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the California community of Hot Springs [Placer County].
  - Plumas County
  - Please visit our profile page for the California community of Hot Springs [Plumas County].
- Colorado
  - Saguache County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Hot Springs [Saguache County].
- Idaho
  - Owyhee County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Idaho community of Hot Springs [Owyhee County].
- Montana
  - Jefferson County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Montana community of Hot Springs [Jefferson County].
  - Sanders County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Montana community of Hot Springs [Sanders County].
- Nevada
  - Churchill County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Nevada community of Hot Springs [Churchill County].
  - Elko County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Nevada community of Hot Springs [Elko County].
  - Eureka County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Nevada community of Hot Springs [Eureka County].
  - Lander County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Nevada community of Hot Springs [Lander County].
  - Lyon County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Nevada community of Hot Springs [Lyon County].
  - Nye County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Nevada community of Hot Springs [Nye County].
  - Washoe County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Nevada community of Hot Springs [Washoe County].
- New Mexico
  - San Miguel County
  - Please visit our profile page for the New Mexico community of Hot Springs [San Miguel County].
- North Carolina
  - Madison County
  - Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Hot Springs [Madison County].
- Oregon
  - Klamath County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Oregon community of Hot Springs [Klamath County].
  - Lake County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Oregon community of Hot Springs [Lake County].
- South Dakota
  - Fall River County
  - Please visit our profile page for the South Dakota community of Hot Springs [Fall River County].
- Texas
  - Brewster County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Hot Springs [Brewster County].
  - Hudspeth County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Hot Springs [Hudspeth County].
- Utah
  - Box Elder County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Utah community of Hot Springs [Box Elder County].
  - Salt Lake County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Utah community of Hot Springs [Salt Lake County].
  - Weber County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Utah community of Hot Springs [Weber County].
- Virginia
  - Bath County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Hot Springs [Bath County].
- Washington
  - King County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Washington community of Hot Springs [King County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Hot Springs ...

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Hot Springs:

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Hot Springs - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned

More Orphans in Yavapai County ...

Can you help?

As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Yavapai County.

Footnotes ...

<1>

If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Hot Springs could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.

<2>

A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/