Welcome to Willow Springs ...

So far, we found very little information about Willow Springs. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Willow Springs to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Willow Springs, please Contact Us.

Willow Springs would have been located within present day Union County<2>.

The location of Willow Springs has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Willow Springs, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1914.

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

While the community is gone, the present day location for Willow Springs is 5,820 feet [1,774 m] above sea level.<4> In other words, the elevation of Willow Springs is about 1¼ mile [or ~1¾ km] above sea level.

Time Zone: The area where Willow Springs was located is in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you travel east from Willow Springs (for example, toward Boise City (OK)), you will leave Mountain Time and cross into the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT).

Willow Springs would have been located in the (575) area code.

Communities Also Named Willow Springs ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 29 communities that are also named Willow Springs - they are located in Alabama, Arizona, California (4), Colorado, Illinois, Kansas (3), Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, North Carolina (2), Oklahoma, Pennsylvania (2), Tennessee, Texas (4), Virginia (2), West Virginia, Wisconsin and Wyoming.

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

Communities near Willow Springs ...

We have created a list of 9 communities that are near Willow Springs.

• Des Moines
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Des Moines have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Des Moines
  • Des Moines is located in Union County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 121 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Des Moines <5>
• Folsom
  (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Folsom have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Folsom
  • Folsom is located in Union County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 53 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Folsom <5>
• Grenville
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grenville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grenville
  • Grenville is located in Union County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 29 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Grenville <5>
• Branson
  (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branson
  • Branson is located in Las Animas County (CO)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 72 people
  • Former name for Branson:
  • Wilson's Switch
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Branson <5>
• Mount Dora
  (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Dora
  • Mount Dora is located in Union County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mount Dora <5>
• Capulin
  (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capulin
  • Capulin is located in Union County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Capulin <5>
• Seneca
  (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seneca
  • Seneca is located in Union County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Seneca <5>
• Trinchera
  (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trinchera
  • Trinchera is located in Las Animas County (CO)
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Trinchera <5>
• Moses
  (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moses
  • Moses is located in Union County

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

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

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

Adding Willow Springs to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Willow 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 Willow Springs was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Willow Springs post office opened in 1914.

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

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for State of New Mexico: www.newmexico.gov/