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Welcome to Cold Spring ...

Cold Spring is located in Berkshire County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Cold Spring, you might consider that their post office opened in 1853.

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

Cold Spring is 1,150 feet [351 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Cold Spring: 413

Communities Also Named Cold Spring ...

While we believe that this Cold Spring is located in Berkshire County, we know of another 3 Massachusetts communities named Cold Spring. Those communities are located in the following counties: Franklin, Hampshire and Middlesex County.

Beyond Massachusetts, there are 39 communities that are also named Cold Spring - they are located in California, Colorado, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland, Minnesota, Montana (2), Nevada (2), New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York (6), Pennsylvania (7), South Carolina (3), Tennessee (3), Vermont, Virginia (2) and Wisconsin.

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

Websites for Cold Spring ...

Junior League:   www.jlbc.info/

Communities near Cold Spring ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Cold Spring.

  • Westfield
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Westfield is located in Hampden County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westfield
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 41,063 people
  • Granby
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Granby is located in Hartford County (CT)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granby
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 11,558 people
  • Winchester
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Winchester is located in Litchfield County (CT)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winchester
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,548 people
  • Southwick
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Southwick is located in Hampden County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southwick
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,715 people
  • Great Barrington
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Great Barrington is located in Berkshire County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Great Barrington
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,976 people
  • Southampton
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Southampton is located in Hampshire County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southampton
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,162 people
  • Lee
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Lee is located in Berkshire County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,629 people
  • Lenox
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Lenox is located in Berkshire County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lenox
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,933 people
  • Barkhamsted
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Barkhamsted is located in Litchfield County (CT)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barkhamsted
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,587 people
  • North Canaan
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • North Canaan is located in Litchfield County (CT)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Canaan
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,235 people

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Cold Spring ...

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

Adding Cold Spring to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Cold 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 Cold Spring was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3>

From that list, the Cold Spring post office opened in 1853. The Cold Spring post office closed in 1871.

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Massachusetts' counties, including Berkshire, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Cold Spring - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>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/