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Welcome to Willow Springs ...

Willow Springs is located in Columbia County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Willow Springs, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1862.

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

Willow Springs is 510 feet [155 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Willow Springs: 570 & 272<3>

Communities Also Named Willow Springs ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Pennsylvania communities named Willow Springs: This one is located in Columbia County and the other is located in Westmoreland County.

Beyond Pennsylvania, there are 29 communities that are also named Willow Springs - they are located in Alabama, Arizona, California (4), Colorado, Illinois, Kansas (3), Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, North Carolina (2), Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas (4), Virginia (2), West Virginia, Wisconsin and Wyoming.

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

Communities near Willow Springs ...

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

  • Hazleton
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Bloomsburg
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Nanticoke
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Berwick
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Mount Carmel
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mount Carmel have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Carmel
    • Mount Carmel is located in Northumberland County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,708 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mount Carmel <4>
  • Shenandoah
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Danville
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • West Hazleton
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for West Hazleton. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Hazleton
    • West Hazleton is located in Luzerne County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,318 people
  • Mahanoy City
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Frackville
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Willow Springs ...

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

Adding Willow Springs to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Willow Springs post office opened in 1862.

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

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Pennsylvania's counties, including Columbia, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Willow 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 570 code has been Overlayed with the 272 area code. New phone numbers in the Willow Springs area will be assigned with one of these codes: 570 or 272. As a result, placing a call in the Willow Springs 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/