Do you know of Yellow Spring ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Yellow Spring. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Yellow Spring.<1>

Our sources for Yellow Spring (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office by the same name. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Yellow Spring other than they indicate that Yellow Spring would be found somewhere in Des Moines County, Iowa.

Communities Also Named Yellow Spring ...

We found two communities that share the name Yellow Spring.

Within Iowa, the name Yellow Spring is unique.

Beyond Iowa, we know of another two communities that are located throughout in the United States.

• Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
  • Pennsylvania
    • Blair County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Yellow Spring [Blair County].
  • West Virginia
    • Hampshire County
    • Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Yellow Spring [Hampshire County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Yellow Spring ...

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Yellow Spring:

Article: Index to Abandoned Towns of Iowa
Taken from The Annals of Iowa (Volume 18, Issue 3 - Winter 1932)
Written by: Mott, David C.

Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851)
Published by W. & J.C. Greer, Printers

U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846)
Published by John T. Towers

More Orphans in  Des Moines County ...

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As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Des Moines County.