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Welcome to Spring Church ...

Spring Church is located in Armstrong County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Spring Church, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1870.

Spring Church is 1,400 feet [427 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Spring Church: 724 & 878<3>

The ZIP code for Spring Church: 15686<4>

Communities near Spring Church ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Spring Church.

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Spring Church ...

Looking for more information about Spring Church? 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.

In addition to the Tourism page for Spring Church, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Spring Church.

Adding Spring Church to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Spring Church 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 Spring Church was in the book titled List of Post Offices in the United States (1870).

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

For more details, see References and Mentions for Spring Church.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Pennsylvania's counties, including Armstrong, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Spring Church - 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 724 code has been Overlayed with the 878 area code. New phone numbers in the Spring Church area will be assigned with one of these codes: 724 or 878. As a result, placing a call in the Spring Church 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 Spring Church). When looking for a ZIP Code, whether Spring Church or elsewhere, it's always best to check the website of the United States Postal Service (USPS).
<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>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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.