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Welcome to Fullwood Springs ...

Fullwood Springs is located in Polk County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Fullwood Springs, you might consider that their post office opened in 1891.

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

Fullwood Springs is 890 feet [271 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Note: If you travel west from Fullwood Springs (for example, toward Piedmont (AL)), you will soon leave Eastern Time and cross into the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT).

Area Codes for Fullwood Springs: 404, 470, 678 & 770<3>

Communities near Fullwood Springs ...

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

  • Cedartown
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Bremen
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Rockmart
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Piedmont
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Piedmont is located in Calhoun County (AL)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piedmont
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,470 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Piedmont <4>
  • Seney
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Seney is located in Polk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seney
    • Estimated population in 2019: 4,412 people
  • Tallapoosa
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Aragon
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Buchanan
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Cave Spring
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Etna
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Etna is located in Polk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etna
    • Estimated population in 2019: 902 people

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Fullwood Springs ...

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

Adding Fullwood Springs to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Fullwood 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 (so far) for Fullwood Springs was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Fullwood Springs post office opened in 1891. The Fullwood Springs post office closed in 1903.

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Georgia's counties, including Polk, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Fullwood Springs - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 404 code has been Overlayed with one of the following codes: 470, 678 or 770. New phone numbers in the Fullwood Springs area will be assigned with one of these codes: 404, 470, 678 or 770. As a result, placing a call in the Fullwood Springs area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

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