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Welcome to Cool Spring ...

Cool Spring is located in Sussex County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Cool Spring, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1871.

A typical abbreviation for Cool Spring: Cool Spg. (or less commonly used: Cool Spng. or Cool Sprng.)

Cool Spring is near sea level<2>.

Time Zone: Cool Spring lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Cool Spring: 302

Communities Also Named Cool Spring ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 5 communities that are also named Cool Spring - they are located in Georgia, Maryland, South Carolina and Virginia (2).

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Cool Spring.

Communities near Cool Spring ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Cool Spring.

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Cool Spring ...

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

Adding Cool Spring to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Cool Spring post office opened in 1871. The Cool Spring post office closed in 1935.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Cool Spring.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Delaware's counties, including Sussex, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Cool Spring - 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>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<5>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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