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Welcome to Spring Garden ...

Spring Garden is located in Union County<1>.


The location of Spring Garden has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2>


While we don't have a date for the founding of Spring Garden, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1892.

A typical abbreviation for Spring Garden: Spring Gdn. (or less commonly used: Spring Gardn., Spring Grden. or Spring Grdn.)

Spring Garden is 470 feet [143 m] above sea level.<3>.

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

Spring Garden is within the boundaries of the (570) area code.

Communities Also Named Spring Garden ...

While we believe that this Spring Garden is located in Union County, we know of another 7 Pennsylvania communities named Spring Garden. Those communities are located in the following counties: Allegheny, Bucks, Lancaster, Philadelphia, Schuylkill, Westmoreland and York County.

Beyond Pennsylvania, there are 19 communities that are also named Spring Garden - they are located in Alabama (2), California, Florida, Illinois, Missouri, North Carolina, Nova Scotia, Virginia (3) and West Virginia.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Spring Garden.

Communities near Spring Garden ...

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

  • Williamsport
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Sunbury
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunbury
    • Sunbury is located in Northumberland County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,322 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sunbury <4>
  • Milton
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Milton have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milton
    • Milton is located in Northumberland County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,550 people
  • South Williamsport
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Lewisburg
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Danville
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Montoursville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Montoursville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montoursville
    • Montoursville is located in Lycoming County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,393 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Montoursville <4>
  • Northumberland
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Mifflinburg
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mifflinburg have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mifflinburg
    • Mifflinburg is located in Union County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,445 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mifflinburg <4>
  • Muncy
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muncy
    • Muncy is located in Lycoming County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,406 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Muncy <4>

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Spring Garden ...

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

Adding Spring Garden to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Spring Garden 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 Garden was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Spring Garden post office opened in 1892.

We also found Spring Garden on a map titled Rand McNally Map of Pennsylvania (1911).

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

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

The official website for Union County: www.unionco.org/

The official website for State of Pennsylvania: https://www.pa.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Pennsylvania's counties, including Union, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>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.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Spring Garden - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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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