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34.363437, -88.895060
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We found 25 communities that share the name Poplar Springs.
There are six communities within Mississippi that are also named Poplar Springs.
Beyond Mississippi, we know of another nineteen communities that are located throughout in the United States.
Communities Located In Mississippi ...
Chickasaw County
This Poplar Springs is located in Chickasaw County and lies 22 miles [35.4 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Poplar Springs that is located in Pontotoc County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chickasaw County community of Poplar Springs.
Holmes County
This Poplar Springs is located in Holmes County and lies 100 miles [160.9 km]<1> to the southwest of the Poplar Springs that is located in Pontotoc County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Holmes County community of Poplar Springs.
Lauderdale County
This Poplar Springs is located in Lauderdale County and lies 135 miles [217.3 km]<1> to the south of the Poplar Springs that is located in Pontotoc County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lauderdale County community of Poplar Springs.
Montgomery County
This Poplar Springs is located in Montgomery County and lies 78 miles [125.5 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Poplar Springs that is located in Pontotoc County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Poplar Springs.
Newton County
This Poplar Springs is located in Newton County and lies 142 miles [228.5 km]<1> to the south of the Poplar Springs that is located in Pontotoc County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Newton County community of Poplar Springs.
Union County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Poplar Springs [Union County].
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Alabama
Barbour County
This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Poplar Springs [Barbour County].
Lauderdale County
This community is historic and although located in Lauderdale County, we don't know where within the county.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lauderdale County community of Poplar Springs.
Marshall County
This Poplar Springs is located in Marshall County and lies 157 miles [252.7 km]<1> to the east of the Poplar Springs that is located in Pontotoc County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marshall County community of Poplar Springs.
Winston County
This Poplar Springs is located in Winston County and lies 88 miles [141.6 km] to the east southeast of the Poplar Springs that is located in Pontotoc County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Winston County community of Poplar Springs.
Georgia
Catoosa County
This Poplar Springs is located in Catoosa County and lies 216 miles [347.6 km]<1> to the east of the Poplar Springs that is located in Pontotoc County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Catoosa County community of Poplar Springs.
Haralson County
This Poplar Springs is located in Haralson County and lies 209 miles [336.4 km] to the east of the Poplar Springs that is located in Pontotoc County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Haralson County community of Poplar Springs.
Oconee County
This Poplar Springs is located in Oconee County and lies 316 miles [508.6 km] to the east of the Poplar Springs that is located in Pontotoc County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Oconee County community of Poplar Springs.
Maryland
Howard County
This Poplar Springs is located in Howard County and lies 736 miles [1,184.5 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Poplar Springs that is located in Pontotoc County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Howard County community of Poplar Springs.
North Carolina
Cleveland County
This Poplar Springs is located in Cleveland County and lies 417 miles [671.1 km]<1> to the east of the Poplar Springs that is located in Pontotoc County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cleveland County community of Poplar Springs.
Mecklenburg County
This Poplar Springs is located in Mecklenburg County and lies 462 miles [743.5 km] to the east of the Poplar Springs that is located in Pontotoc County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mecklenburg County community of Poplar Springs.
Stokes County
This Poplar Springs is located in Stokes County and lies 500 miles [804.7 km] to the east northeast of the Poplar Springs that is located in Pontotoc County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Stokes County community of Poplar Springs.
Surry County
This Poplar Springs is located in Surry County and lies 473 miles [761.2 km] to the east northeast of the Poplar Springs that is located in Pontotoc County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Surry County community of Poplar Springs.
South Carolina
Laurens County
This Poplar Springs is located in Laurens County and lies 380 miles [611.6 km]<1> to the east of the Poplar Springs that is located in Pontotoc County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Laurens County community of Poplar Springs.
Spartanburg County
This Poplar Springs is located in Spartanburg County and lies 390 miles [627.6 km] to the east of the Poplar Springs that is located in Pontotoc County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Spartanburg County community of Poplar Springs.
Tennessee
Carroll County
This Poplar Springs is located in Carroll County and lies 109 miles [175.4 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Poplar Springs that is located in Pontotoc County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Carroll County community of Poplar Springs.
Henderson County
This Poplar Springs is located in Henderson County and lies 105 miles [169 km] to the north northeast of the Poplar Springs that is located in Pontotoc County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Henderson County community of Poplar Springs.
Loudon County
This Poplar Springs is located in Loudon County and lies 277 miles [445.8 km] to the east northeast of the Poplar Springs that is located in Pontotoc County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Loudon County community of Poplar Springs.
Overton County
This Poplar Springs is located in Overton County and lies 235 miles [378.2 km] to the northeast of the Poplar Springs that is located in Pontotoc County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Overton County community of Poplar Springs.
Roane County
This Poplar Springs is located in Roane County and lies 273 miles [439.4 km] to the east northeast of the Poplar Springs that is located in Pontotoc County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Roane County community of Poplar Springs.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Poplar Springs ...
As we travel, we always see a community with a name that gives pause. While there are names which are interesting or familiar, some catch our attention or strike our fancy. We always wonder about such a name. If time permits and the community is not too far, we'll usually try to make a side-trip.
Cairo (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cairo have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Cherry Creek. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Mound City. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Poplar Springs to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Poplar Springs and extending to:
Pontotoc, which is the Seat of Pontotoc County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Poplar Springs to Pontotoc, with an average speed<6> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
Jackson, which is the State Capital of Mississippi, lies 160 miles [257.5 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 9 days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 727 miles [1,170 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 29 days and walking would take 42 days.
The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,596 miles [10,615.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,314 miles [11,770.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,190 miles [8,352.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Footnotes ...
<1>
Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Poplar Springs) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Poplar Springs. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.3634, Longitude: -88.8951 In this case, the coordinates for Poplar Springs have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<2>
If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.
Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.
Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.
Also keep in mind that Poplar Springs could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.
<3>
We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Poplar Springs, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>
The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<5>
An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<6>
While we have tried to pick reasonable speeds, the rate of travel is very theoretical - obstacles like fences, hills, lakes, river crossings and rest stops have been ignored. When we say 'Days' of travel, we're assuming 8 hours of travel per day.
<7>
The shortest line can be visualized by stretching a string on a Globe from Point A to Point B - this is known as a Great Circle Route. Where you might expect the shortest route from Poplar Springs to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.011 degrees.
<9>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.947 degrees.
<10>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.983 degrees.