Welcome to Fountain Springs ...

Fountain Springs is located in Tulare County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Fountain Springs, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1875.

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

Fountain Springs is 800 feet [244 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Communities Also Named Fountain Springs ...

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

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

Communities near Fountain Springs ...

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

• Porterville
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porterville
  • Porterville is located in Tulare County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 58,949 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Porterville <3>
• White River ‑ Historic
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White River
  • White River is located in Tulare County
• Ducor
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ducor
  • Ducor is located in Tulare County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ducor <3>
• Terra Bella
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terra Bella
  • Terra Bella is located in Tulare County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Terra Bella <3>
• East Porterville
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Porterville
  • East Porterville is located in Tulare County
• Richgrove
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richgrove
  • Richgrove is located in Tulare County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Richgrove <3>
• California Hot Springs
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for California Hot Springs
  • California Hot Springs is located in Tulare County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for California Hot Springs <3>
• Soda Springs
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Soda Springs. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Soda Springs
  • Soda Springs is located in Tulare County
• Woody
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woody
  • Woody is located in Kern County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Woody <3>
• Pine Flat
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Flat
  • Pine Flat is located in Tulare County

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Fountain Springs ...

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

Adding Fountain Springs to Our Gazetteer ...

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

X2X - From that list, the Fountain Springs post office opened in 1875.

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

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Fountain Springs. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Tulare County: www.co.tulare.ca.us/

The official website for State of California: https://www.ca.gov/