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Welcome to Springville ...

Springville is located in Pontotoc County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Springville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1908.

Springville is 480 feet [146 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Springville: 662 & 471<3>

Communities Also Named Springville ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 38 communities that are also named Springville - they are located in Alabama, California (3), Florida, Illinois, Indiana (3), Iowa, Kansas (2), Kentucky, Louisiana (2), Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nevada, New Jersey, New York (2), Nova Scotia, Ohio (2), Ontario (3), Pennsylvania (5), South Carolina, Tennessee, Utah, Virginia and Wisconsin.

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

Communities near Springville ...

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

  • New Albany
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Pontotoc
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Ecru
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Ecru is located in Pontotoc County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ecru
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,067 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ecru <4>
  • Sherman
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Thaxton
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Algoma
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • New Houlka
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • New Houlka is located in Chickasaw County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Houlka
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 601 people
    • Former names for New Houlka:
    • Houlka
    • Old Houlka
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for New Houlka <4>
  • Toccopola
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Toccopola is located in Pontotoc County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toccopola
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 258 people
  • Blue Springs
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Possum Trot
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Possum Trot is located in Pontotoc County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Possum Trot

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Springville ...

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

Adding Springville to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Springville 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 Springville was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Springville post office opened in 1908. The Springville post office closed in 1956.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Springville.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Mississippi's counties, including Pontotoc, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Springville - 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 662 code has been Overlayed with the 471 area code. New phone numbers in the Springville area will be assigned with one of these codes: 662 or 471. As a result, placing a call in the Springville 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.
<5>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/