Do you know of Spring Station ???

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

Our sources for Spring Station (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 Spring Station other than they indicate that Spring Station would be found somewhere in Woodford County, Kentucky.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1856 and closed  in 1973.

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Spring Station ...

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

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

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Spring Station - Services available: had a Post Office, Railroad Station, Express Office

List of Post Offices in the United States (1870)
Published by the Government Printing Office

SPV's Comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America - Appalachia & Piedmont
Written by: Walker, Mike
Published by Steam Powered Video (SPV), 2004
(Available from Amazon.com)

Rand McNally Map of Kentucky (1911)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

The FIPS database contains an entry for Spring Station.

Referenced FIPS Records ...

FIPS Code: 21/72786   (Place Name: Spring Station)

County: Woodford     (FIPS State/County: 21/239)

Class: U8

Identifies a populated place (in this case, Spring Station) 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  Woodford 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 Woodford County.