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Welcome to Caney Spring ...

Caney Spring is located in Marshall County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Caney Spring, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1851.

A typical abbreviation for Caney Spring: Caney Spg. (or less commonly used: Caney Spng. or Caney Sprng.)

Caney Spring is 640 feet [195 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Caney Spring: 931

Websites for Caney Spring ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.marshallchamber.org/

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

Communities near Caney Spring ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Caney Spring ...

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

Adding Caney Spring to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Caney Spring 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 Caney Spring was in the book titled Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851).

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

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Tennessee's counties, including Marshall, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Caney Spring - 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>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.