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Welcome to Little Springs ...

Little Springs is located in Franklin County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Little Springs, you might get a feel for it by knowing that the earliest mention that we've found (so far) was in a book dated 1895.

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

Little Springs is 430 feet [131 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

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

Communities Also Named Little Springs ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named Little Springs - they are located in Michigan and Nevada.

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

Communities near Little Springs ...

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

  • McComb
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Summit
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Bude
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Bude is located in Franklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bude
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 987 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bude <4>
  • Liberty
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Liberty is located in Amite County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 634 people
  • Meadville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Mount Olive
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Mount Olive is located in Amite County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Olive
  • Brookside
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Brookside is located in Amite County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookside
  • Eddiceton
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Eddiceton is located in Franklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eddiceton
  • McCall Creek
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • O'Neil
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • O'Neil is located in Amite County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for O'Neil

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Little Springs ...

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

Adding Little Springs to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Little 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 Little Springs was in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

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

Footnotes ...

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