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Welcome to Cave Spring ...

Cave Spring is located in Logan County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Cave Spring, you might consider that their post office opened in 1880.

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

Cave Spring is 610 feet [186 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Cave Spring lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Cave Spring: 270 & 364<3>

Communities Also Named Cave Spring ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Kentucky communities named Cave Spring: This one is located in Logan County and the other is located in Breckinridge County.

Beyond Kentucky, there are 13 communities that are also named Cave Spring - they are located in Alabama (5), Arkansas, Georgia, Kansas, Missouri, Tennessee (2) and Virginia.

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

Communities near Cave Spring ...

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Cave Spring ...

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

Adding Cave Spring to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Cave Spring post office opened in 1880. The Cave Spring post office closed in 1946.

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Kentucky's counties, including Logan, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Cave Spring - 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 270 code has been Overlayed with the 364 area code. New phone numbers in the Cave Spring area will be assigned with one of these codes: 270 or 364. As a result, placing a call in the Cave Spring 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/