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Welcome to Cedar Springs ...

Cedar Springs is located in Cedar County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Cedar Springs, you might consider that their post office opened in 1910.

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

Cedar Springs is 890 feet [271 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Cedar Springs: 417

Communities Also Named Cedar Springs ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 31 communities that are also named Cedar Springs - they are located in Alabama (3), Arizona (2), California (2), Connecticut, Georgia, Kentucky, Michigan, New Jersey, New Mexico, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario (2), Pennsylvania, South Carolina (3), Tennessee (4), Texas (2), Utah and Virginia (3).

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Cedar Springs.

Communities near Cedar Springs ...

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

  • El Dorado Springs
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Stockton
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Humansville
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Osceola
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Weaubleau
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Walker
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Walker is located in Vernon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walker
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 253 people
  • Schell City
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Jerico Springs
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Jerico Springs is located in Cedar County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerico Springs
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 232 people
  • Rockville
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Rockville is located in Bates County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockville
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 159 people
  • Collins
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Cedar Springs ...

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

Adding Cedar Springs to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Cedar Springs post office opened in 1910. The Cedar Springs post office closed in 1937.

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

Footnotes ...

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