Welcome to Spring Plains ...
So far, we found very little information about Spring Plains. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Spring Plains to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Spring Plains, please Contact Us.
Spring Plains would have been located within present day Claiborne County<2>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Spring Plains, you might consider that their post office opened in 1850.
A typical abbreviation for Spring Plains: Spring Plns.
While the community is gone, the present day location for Spring Plains is 100 feet [30 m] above sea level.<3>.
Time Zone: The area where Spring Plains was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time
The Area Codes where Spring Plains was located: 601 & 769<4>
Communities Also Named Spring Plains ...
Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Spring Plains - it's located in Pennsylvania.
For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Spring Plains.
Communities near Spring Plains ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Spring Plains.
- Vicksburg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Port Gibson
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Edwards
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Utica
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Delta
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Learned
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Mound
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Mound is located in Madison Parish (LA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mound
- Population from the 2020 Census: 15 people
- Cayuga
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Cayuga is located in Hinds County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cayuga
- Carlisle
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Carlisle is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carlisle
- Newman
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Newman is located in Hinds County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newman
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 Spring Plains. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Spring Plains.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Spring Plains. 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 Spring Plains.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Spring Plains. See our Newspapers Page for Spring Plains.
Adding Spring Plains to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Spring Plains 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 (so far) for Spring Plains was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>
From that list, the Spring Plains post office opened in 1850. The Spring Plains post office closed in 1884.
For more details, see References and Mentions for Spring Plains.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Spring Plains, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | If you're interested in how the shape of Mississippi's counties, including Claiborne, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <3> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Spring Plains - 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 601 code has been Overlayed with the 769 area code. New phone numbers in the Spring Plains area will be assigned with one of these codes: 601 or 769. As a result, placing a call in the Spring Plains area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number). |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <6> | 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/ |