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Welcome to Witt Springs ...

Witt Springs is located in Estill County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Witt Springs, you might consider that their post office opened in 1904.

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

Witt Springs is 860 feet [262 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Witt Springs lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Witt Springs: 606

Communities near Witt Springs ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Witt Springs ...

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

Adding Witt Springs to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Witt 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 Witt Springs was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Witt Springs post office opened in 1904. The Witt Springs post office closed in 1956.

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Kentucky's counties, including Estill, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Witt Springs - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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/