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Welcome to Flint Springs ...

Flint Springs is located in Ohio County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Flint Springs, you might consider that their post office opened in 1930.

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

Flint Springs is 460 feet [140 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Note: If you travel east from Flint Springs (for example, toward Upton), you will leave Central Time and cross into the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT).

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

Communities Also Named Flint Springs ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named Flint Springs - they are located in Arkansas and Tennessee.

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

Communities near Flint Springs ...

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

  • Beaver Dam
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Hartford
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Morgantown
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Caneyville
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Centertown
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Centertown is located in Ohio County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centertown
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 430 people
  • McHenry
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • McHenry is located in Ohio County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McHenry
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 380 people
  • Rockport
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Rockport is located in Ohio County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockport
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 263 people
  • Rochester
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Rochester is located in Butler County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rochester
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 149 people
  • Woodbury
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Woodbury is located in Butler County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodbury
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 88 people
  • Arnold
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Arnold is located in Ohio County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arnold

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Flint Springs ...

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

Adding Flint Springs to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Flint 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 Flint Springs was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Flint Springs post office opened in 1930. The Flint Springs post office closed in 1955.

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

Footnotes ...

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