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Welcome to Holly Springs ...

The city of Holly Springs is located in Marshall County<1> and is the County Seat for Marshall County.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Holly Springs, you might consider that their post office opened in 1836.

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

From the  Census Estimates for 2019, Holly Springs has a population of 7,772 people<2> (see below for details).

Holly Springs is 590 feet [180 m] above sea level.<3>.

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

Area Codes for Holly Springs: 662 & 471<4>

The ZIP codes for Holly Springs: 38634-38635, 38649<5>

Population Details ...

Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Holly Springs had an population of 7,772 people. This is an increase of 0.95% since the 2010 Census (or a decrease of 2.32% since the 2000 Census).

At the time of the 2010 Census, Holly Springs had a population of 7,699 people (which is 20.77% of the total population of Marshall County). This makes Holly Springs the county's most populous community.

The population of Holly Springs represents 0.26% of the total population of Mississippi (which has 2,967,297 people), making it the state's 48th most populous community.

With a 2010 count of 7,699 people, the population of Holly Springs decreased 3.24% from the 2000 Census (with a count of 7,957 people).

More information can be found on the Census Page for Holly Springs.

Communities Also Named Holly Springs ...

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

Beyond Mississippi, there are 27 communities that are also named Holly Springs - they are located in Alabama (2), Arkansas (4), Georgia (2), Iowa, Louisiana, North Carolina (6), South Carolina (3), Tennessee (2) and Texas (5).

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

Communities near Holly Springs ...

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

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

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Holly Springs. Our list includes 32 papers. See our Newspapers Page for Holly Springs.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Holly Springs ...

Looking for more information about Holly 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.

In addition to the Tourism page for Holly Springs, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Holly Springs.

Adding Holly Springs to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Holly 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 Holly Springs was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7>

From that list, the Holly Springs post office opened in 1836.

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Mississippi's counties, including Marshall, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>Population counts have been provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. For more detail, please visit our Census Page for Holly Springs.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Holly Springs - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>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 Holly Springs area will be assigned with one of these codes: 662 or 471. As a result, placing a call in the Holly Springs area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<5>ZIP Codes have been created by the United States Postal Service (USPS) as a way of grouping addresses to make delivery more efficient. The boundaries of the ZIP Code can be changed, re-assigned, eliminated or overlapped with other ZIP Codes. So keep in mind that any given ZIP Code is only 'loosely' associated with a city (such as Holly Springs). When looking for a ZIP Code, whether Holly Springs or elsewhere, it's always best to check the website of the United States Postal Service (USPS).

Our list of ZIP Codes for Holly Springs includes: 38634 & 38635.
<6>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<7>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/