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Welcome to Alley Spring ...

Alley Spring is located in the Missouri Ozarks.

Alley Spring is located in Shannon County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Alley Spring, you might consider that their post office opened in 1950.

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

Alley Spring is 670 feet [204 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Alley Spring: 573 & 235<3>

Communities near Alley Spring ...

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

  • Mountain View
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Winona
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Birch Tree
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Eminence
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Summersville
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Round Spring
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Round Spring is located in Shannon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Spring
  • Montier
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Montier is located in Shannon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montier
  • Hartshorn
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Hartshorn is located in Texas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartshorn
  • Akers
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Akers is located in Shannon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Akers
  • Hattie
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Hattie is located in Texas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hattie

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Alley Spring ...

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

Adding Alley Spring to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Alley Spring post office opened in 1950. The Alley Spring post office closed in 1974.

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Missouri's counties, including Shannon, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Alley Spring - 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 573 code has been Overlayed with the 235 area code. New phone numbers in the Alley Spring area will be assigned with one of these codes: 573 or 235. As a result, placing a call in the Alley Spring 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/