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Welcome to Sulphur Springs ...Sulphur Springs is located in Buncombe County<1>. The location of Sulphur 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 Sulphur Springs, you might consider that their post office opened in 1832. A typical abbreviation for Sulphur Springs: Sulphur Spgs. (or less commonly used: Sulphur Spngs. or Sulphur Sprngs.) Sulphur Springs is 2,060 feet [628 m] above sea level.<3>. Time Zone: Sulphur Springs lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time The area code for Sulphur Springs: (828) Communities Also Named Sulphur Springs ...While we believe that this Sulphur Springs is located in Buncombe County, we know of another 3 North Carolina communities named Sulphur Springs. Those communities are located in the following counties: Cleveland, Montgomery and Surry County. Beyond North Carolina, there are 60 communities that are also named Sulphur Springs - they are located in Alabama (7), Arkansas (7), California (3), Florida, Georgia, Illinois (2), Indiana (2), Iowa, Kansas (2), Kentucky, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, New Mexico, New York (2), Ohio (4), Oregon, Pennsylvania (2), Tennessee (11), Texas (3), Virginia, Washington and West Virginia. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Sulphur Springs. Communities near Sulphur Springs ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Sulphur Springs.
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 Sulphur Springs. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Sulphur Springs. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Sulphur 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 Sulphur Springs. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Sulphur Springs. See our Newspapers Page for Sulphur Springs. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Sulphur Springs ...Looking for more information about Sulphur 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 Sulphur Springs, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Sulphur Springs. Adding Sulphur Springs to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Sulphur 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 for Sulphur Springs was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5> We also found Sulphur Springs in the book titled U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846). For more details, see References and Mentions for Sulphur Springs. Off-the-Road Links ...Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Sulphur Springs. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page. The official website for Buncombe County: www.buncombecounty.org/ The official website for State of North Carolina: https://www.nc.gov/ Footnotes ...
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