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Welcome to Arrowhead Springs ...

Arrowhead Springs is located in San Bernardino County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Arrowhead Springs, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1887.

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

Arrowhead Springs is 1,990 feet [607 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Arrowhead Springs lies in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

Communities Also Named Arrowhead Springs ...

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

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

Communities near Arrowhead Springs ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Arrowhead Springs ...

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

Adding Arrowhead Springs to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Arrowhead 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 for Arrowhead Springs was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Arrowhead Springs post office opened in 1887.

We also found Arrowhead Springs in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of California's counties, including San Bernardino, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Arrowhead Springs - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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