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Welcome to Banner Springs ...

Banner Springs is located in Fentress County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Banner Springs, you might consider that their post office opened in 1890.

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

Banner Springs is 1,730 feet [527 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Banner Springs lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you travel east from Banner Springs (for example, toward Sunbright), you will soon leave Central Time and cross into the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT).

Area Code for Banner Springs: 931

Communities near Banner Springs ...

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

  • Gernt
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Gernt is located in Fentress County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gernt
    • Estimated population in 2014: 39,267 people
  • Armathwaite
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Armathwaite is located in Fentress County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armathwaite
    • Estimated population in 2014: 11,634 people
  • Fairfield Glade
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Rogers
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Rogers is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogers
    • Estimated population in 2014: 4,406 people
  • Cooper
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Cooper is located in Fentress County
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    • Estimated population in 2014: 4,385 people
  • Monterey
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Dykes Crossroads
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Dykes Crossroads is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dykes Crossroads
    • Estimated population in 2014: 2,281 people
  • Jamestown
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Grimsley
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Allardt
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Banner Springs ...

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

Adding Banner Springs to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Banner 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 (so far) for Banner Springs was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Banner Springs post office opened in 1890. The Banner Springs post office closed in 1961.

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Tennessee's counties, including Fentress, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Banner Springs - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

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