Do you know of Blowing Springs ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Blowing Springs. 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 Blowing Springs.<1>

Our sources for Blowing Springs (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 Blowing Springs other than they indicate that Blowing Springs would be found somewhere in Hart County, Kentucky.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1922 and closed  in 1957.

Communities Also Named Blowing Springs ...

We found one communities that share the name Blowing Springs.

Within Kentucky, the name Blowing Springs is unique.

Beyond Kentucky, there is another community also named Blowing Springs in the United States.

• Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
  • Tennessee
    • Anderson County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Blowing Springs [Anderson County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Blowing Springs ...

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

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>

DeLorme Atlas & Gazetteer - Kentucky
Published by DeLorme, 2010
(Available from Amazon.com)

The FIPS database contains an entry for Blowing Springs.

Referenced FIPS Records ...

FIPS Code: 21/07624   (Place Name: Blowing Springs)

County: Hart     (FIPS State/County: 21/099)

Class: U8

Identifies a populated place (in this case, Blowing Springs) located wholly or substantially outside the boundaries of an incorporated place or CDP (Census Designated Place) but whose name has not been verified as authoritative by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).

More Orphans in  Hart 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 Hart County.