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Welcome to Clear Springs ...

Clear Springs is located in Graves County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Clear Springs, you might get a feel for it by knowing that the earliest mention that we've found (so far) was in a book dated 1895.

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

Clear Springs is 370 feet [113 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Clear Springs: 270 & 364<3>

Communities Also Named Clear Springs ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 17 communities that are also named Clear Springs - they are located in Alabama (3), Florida (3), Manitoba, Mississippi, Missouri, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee (4) and Texas (2).

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Clear Springs.

Communities near Clear Springs ...

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

  • Paducah
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Murray
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Murray is located in Calloway County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murray
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 19,437 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Murray <4>
  • Mayfield
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Benton
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Calvert City
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Calvert City is located in Marshall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvert City
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,509 people
    • Calvert City has also been known as:
    • Calvert
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Calvert City <4>
  • Wingo
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Hardin
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Lone Oak
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Lone Oak is located in McCracken County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Oak
  • Boaz
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Hickory
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Hickory is located in Graves County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Clear Springs ...

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

Adding Clear Springs to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Clear 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 Clear Springs was in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

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

Footnotes ...

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