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Welcome to Middle Sprite ...

Middle Sprite is located in Fulton County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Middle Sprite, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1864.

Middle Sprite is 1,360 feet [415 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Middle Sprite lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Middle Sprite: 518 & 838<3>

Websites for Middle Sprite ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.fultoncountyny.org/

Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Middle Sprite, the following might be of interest:

Communities near Middle Sprite ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Middle Sprite ...

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

Adding Middle Sprite to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Middle Sprite 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 Middle Sprite was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7>

From that list, the Middle Sprite post office opened in 1864.

We also found Middle Sprite in the book titled List of Post Offices in the United States (1870).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Middle Sprite.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of New York's counties, including Fulton, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Middle Sprite - 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 518 code has been Overlayed with the 838 area code. New phone numbers in the Middle Sprite area will be assigned with one of these codes: 518 or 838. As a result, placing a call in the Middle Sprite 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>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<6>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<7>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/