Do you know of Gum Springs ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Gum Springs. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Gum Springs.<1>

Our sources for Gum Springs (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office by the same name. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Gum Springs other than they indicate that Gum Springs would be found somewhere in Scott County, Mississippi.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1910 and closed  in 1928.

Communities Also Named Gum Springs ...

We found twenty communities that share the name Gum Springs.

There are two communities within Mississippi that are also named Gum Springs.

Beyond Mississippi, we know of another eighteen communities that are located throughout in the United States.

• Communities Located In Mississippi ...
  • Simpson County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Gum Springs [Simpson County].
  • Winston County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Gum Springs [Winston County].

• Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
  • Alabama
    • Blount County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Gum Springs [Blount County].
    • Etowah County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Gum Springs [Etowah County].
    • Talladega County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Gum Springs [Talladega County].
  • Arkansas
    • Clark County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Gum Springs [Clark County].
    • Cleveland County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Gum Springs [Cleveland County].
    • Newton County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Gum Springs [Newton County].
    • Pulaski County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Gum Springs [Pulaski County].
    • White County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Gum Springs [White County].
  • Georgia
    • Bartow County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Gum Springs [Bartow County].
  • Maryland
    • Montgomery County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Gum Springs [Montgomery County].
  • North Carolina
    • Chatham County
    • Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Gum Springs [Chatham County].
  • Tennessee
    • Lawrence County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Gum Springs [Lawrence County].
    • Lincoln County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Gum Springs [Lincoln County].
    • Macon County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Gum Springs [Macon County].
  • Texas
    • Cass County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Gum Springs [Cass County].
    • Harrison County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Gum Springs [Harrison County].
    • Rusk County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Gum Springs [Rusk County].
  • Virginia
    • Fairfax County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Gum Springs [Fairfax County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Gum Springs ...

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Gum Springs:

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>

Rand McNally Map of Mississippi (1911)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

More Orphans in  Scott County ...

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As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Scott County.