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Welcome to Cave Spring ...

Cave Spring is located in the Missouri Ozarks.

Cave Spring is located in Greene County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Cave Spring, you might consider that their post office opened in 1871.

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

Cave Spring is 1,070 feet [326 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Cave Spring: 417

Communities Also Named Cave Spring ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 13 communities that are also named Cave Spring - they are located in Alabama (5), Arkansas, Georgia, Kansas, Kentucky (2), Tennessee (2) and Virginia.

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

Communities near Cave Spring ...

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

  • Springfield
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Republic
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Bolivar
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Battlefield
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Battlefield is located in Greene County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Battlefield
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,665 people
  • Willard
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Strafford
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Fair Grove
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Ash Grove
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Walnut Grove
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Pleasant Hope
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Cave Spring ...

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

Adding Cave Spring to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Cave Spring post office opened in 1871. The Cave Spring post office closed in 1907.

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Missouri's counties, including Greene, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Cave Spring - 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/