Welcome to Cold Springs ...

Cold Springs is located in Umatilla County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Cold Springs, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1880.

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

Cold Springs is 570 feet [174 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Cold Springs lies in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

Telephone area codes for Cold Springs: (541) & (458)<3>

Communities Also Named Cold Springs ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 38 communities that are also named Cold Springs - they are located in Alabama (3), Arkansas, California (2), Georgia, Indiana (2), Kansas (2), Kentucky (2), Manitoba, Michigan, Mississippi (2), Missouri, Nevada (2), New York (3), North Carolina (2), Ohio (2), Oklahoma, Ontario (4), Tennessee (3), Texas (2) and Wisconsin.

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

Communities near Cold Springs ...

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

• Hermiston
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hermiston
  • Hermiston is located in Umatilla County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 17,791 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hermiston <4>
• Umatilla
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Umatilla
  • Umatilla is located in Umatilla County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,360 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Umatilla <4>
• Stanfield
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stanfield have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanfield
  • Stanfield is located in Umatilla County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,107 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Stanfield <4>
• Irrigon
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Irrigon have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irrigon
  • Irrigon is located in Morrow County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,799 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Irrigon <4>
• Echo
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Echo have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echo
  • Echo is located in Umatilla County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 705 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Echo <4>
• Power City
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Power City have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Power City
  • Power City is located in Umatilla County
• Hinkle
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hinkle have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hinkle
  • Hinkle is located in Umatilla County
• Plymouth
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plymouth
  • Plymouth is located in Benton County (WA)
• Ordnance ‑ Historic
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ordnance
  • Ordnance is located in Umatilla County
• Highland
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Highland have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
  • Highland is located in Benton County (WA)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Cold Springs ...

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

Adding Cold Springs to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Cold Springs post office opened in 1880.

We also found Cold Springs in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

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

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Cold Springs. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Umatilla County: www.co.umatilla.or.us/

The official website for State of Oregon: https://www.oregon.gov/