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Welcome to Medical Springs ...

Medical Springs is located in Union County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Medical Springs, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1887.

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

Medical Springs is 3,390 feet [1,033 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the altitude of Medical Springs is about ¾ mile [or ~1 km] above sea level.

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

Note: If you leave Medical Springs and travel south, you will leave Pacific Time and cross into the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT).

Area Codes for Medical Springs: 541 & 458<3>

The ZIP code for Medical Springs: 97814<4>

Websites for Medical Springs ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.unioncountychamber.org/

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

Communities near Medical Springs ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Medical 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 Medical Springs. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Medical Springs.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Medical Springs ...

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

Adding Medical Springs to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Medical 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 Medical Springs was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<8>

X2X - From that list, the Medical Springs post office opened in 1887.

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

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

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

The official website for Union County: www.union-county.org/

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Oregon's counties, including Union, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Medical Springs - 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 541 code has been Overlayed with the 458 area code. New phone numbers in the Medical Springs area will be assigned with one of these codes: 541 or 458. As a result, placing a call in the Medical Springs area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>ZIP Codes have been created by the United States Postal Service (USPS) as a way of grouping addresses to make delivery more efficient. The boundaries of the ZIP Code can be changed, re-assigned, eliminated or overlapped with other ZIP Codes. So keep in mind that any given ZIP Code is only 'loosely' associated with a community (such as Medical Springs). When looking for a ZIP Code, whether Medical Springs or elsewhere, it's always best to check the website of the United States Postal Service (USPS).
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>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.
<7>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.
<8>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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




 

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