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Welcome to Gum Springs ...

Gum Springs is located in Winston County<1>.

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

Gum Springs is 400 feet [122 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Gum Springs: 662 & 471<3>

Communities Also Named Gum Springs ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Mississippi communities named Gum Springs: This one is located in Winston County and the other is located in Simpson County.

Beyond Mississippi, there are 19 communities that are also named Gum Springs - they are located in Alabama (3), Arkansas (5), Georgia, Maryland, North Carolina, Tennessee (3), Texas (3) and Virginia.

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

Communities near Gum Springs ...

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

  • Louisville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Ackerman
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Noxapater
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Weir
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Weir is located in Choctaw County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weir
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 422 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Weir <4>
  • Sturgis
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • McCool
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • McCool is located in Attala County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCool
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 123 people
  • Bradley
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Bradley is located in Oktibbeha County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradley
  • Longview
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Longview is located in Oktibbeha County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longview
  • Williams
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Williams is located in Choctaw County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams
  • Randalls Bluff ‑ Historic
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Randalls Bluff is located in Winston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randalls Bluff

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Gum Springs ...

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Mississippi's counties, including Winston, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Gum 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 662 code has been Overlayed with the 471 area code. New phone numbers in the Gum Springs area will be assigned with one of these codes: 662 or 471. As a result, placing a call in the Gum 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.