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Welcome to Wilbur Springs ...

Wilbur Springs is located in Colusa County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Wilbur Springs, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1909.

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

Wilbur Springs is 1,450 feet [442 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Wilbur Springs: 530

Communities near Wilbur Springs ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Wilbur 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 Wilbur Springs. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Wilbur Springs.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Wilbur Springs ...

Looking for more information about Wilbur 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.

In addition to the Tourism page for Wilbur Springs, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Wilbur Springs.

Adding Wilbur Springs to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Wilbur Springs post office opened in 1909.

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of California's counties, including Colusa, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Wilbur 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>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<5>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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