Welcome to Bluff Springs ...So far, we found very little information about Bluff Springs. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Bluff Springs to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Bluff Springs, please Contact Us. Bluff Springs would have been located within present day Attala County<2>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Bluff Springs, you might consider that their post office opened in 1849. A typical abbreviation for Bluff Springs: Bluff Spgs. (or less commonly used: Bluff Spngs. or Bluff Sprngs.) While the community is gone, the present day location for Bluff Springs is 310 feet [94 m] above sea level.<3>. Time Zone: The area where Bluff Springs was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time The Area Codes where Bluff Springs was located: 662 & 471<4> Communities Also Named Bluff Springs ...While we believe that this Bluff Springs is located in Attala County, we know of another 2 Mississippi communities named Bluff Springs. Those communities are located in the following counties: Kemper and Panola County. Beyond Mississippi, there are 11 communities that are also named Bluff Springs - they are located in Alabama (2), Arkansas, Florida, Illinois, Tennessee and Texas (3). For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Bluff Springs. Communities near Bluff Springs ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Bluff 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 Bluff Springs. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Bluff Springs. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Bluff 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 Bluff Springs. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Bluff Springs. See our Newspapers Page for Bluff Springs. Adding Bluff Springs to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Bluff Springs in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page. From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Bluff Springs was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6> For more details, see References and Mentions for Bluff Springs. Footnotes ...
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