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Welcome to Goshen Springs ...

Goshen Springs is located in Rankin County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Goshen Springs, you might consider that their post office opened in 1856.

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

Goshen Springs is 410 feet [125 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Goshen Springs: 601 & 769<3>

Websites for Goshen Springs ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.rankinchamber.com/

Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Goshen Springs, the following might be of interest:

Communities near Goshen Springs ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Goshen 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 Goshen Springs. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Goshen Springs.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Goshen Springs ...

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

Adding Goshen Springs to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Goshen Springs post office opened in 1856. The Goshen Springs post office closed in 1962.

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Mississippi's counties, including Rankin, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Goshen Springs - 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 601 code has been Overlayed with the 769 area code. New phone numbers in the Goshen Springs area will be assigned with one of these codes: 601 or 769. As a result, placing a call in the Goshen Springs 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/