Welcome to Silver Springs ...

Silver Springs is located in Tippah County<1>.

The location of Silver Springs has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Silver Springs, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1856.

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

Silver Springs is 680 feet [207 m] above sea level.<3>.

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

The area code for Silver Springs: (662)

Communities Also Named Silver Springs ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 20 communities that are also named Silver Springs - they are located in Alaska, Arkansas, Colorado (2), Delaware, Florida (2), Missouri (2), Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York (2), North Carolina (2), Ohio, Tennessee, Utah and Virginia.

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

Communities near Silver Springs ...

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

• Corinth
  (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corinth
  • Corinth is located in Alcorn County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 14,435 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Corinth <4>
• Booneville
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Booneville
  • Booneville is located in Prentiss County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,400 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Booneville <4>
• Ripley
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ripley
  • Ripley is located in Tippah County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,189 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ripley <4>
• Blue Mountain
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Mountain
  • Blue Mountain is located in Tippah County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 933 people
• Walnut
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut
  • Walnut is located in Tippah County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 736 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Walnut <4>
• Falkner
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falkner
  • Falkner is located in Tippah County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 482 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Falkner <4>
• Jumpertown
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jumpertown
  • Jumpertown is located in Prentiss County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 477 people
• Dumas
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dumas have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dumas
  • Dumas is located in Tippah County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 474 people
• Rienzi
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rienzi
  • Rienzi is located in Alcorn County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 304 people
• Kossuth
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kossuth
  • Kossuth is located in Alcorn County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 201 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kossuth <4>

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Silver Springs ...

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

Adding Silver Springs to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Silver Springs in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Silver Springs was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Silver Springs post office opened in 1856.

We also found Silver Springs in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

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

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Silver Springs. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for State of Mississippi: https://www.ms.gov/