Do you know of Springtown ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Springtown. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Springtown.

We found mention of Springtown as a post office (see Mentions and References below), but can't determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Polk County, Tennessee.

It's common that the post office is named the same as the community in which it's located (although that's not always case). In this case, we can't match this post office to any of the existing communities in our gazetteer.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1843 and closed  in 1879.

This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others.

Part of the difficulty in identifying whether a name is a post office or a community lies with how Post Offices were named. We've prepared an article with our understanding of how post offices were named: Naming of Post Offices.

Communities Also Named Springtown ...

We found eighteen communities that share the name Springtown.

Within Tennessee, the name Springtown is unique.

Beyond Tennessee, we know of another eighteen communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these eighteen communities, seventeen are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

• Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
  • Arkansas
    • Benton County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Springtown [Benton County].
  • Indiana
    • Hendricks County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Springtown [Hendricks County].
  • Missouri
    • Washington County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Springtown [Washington County].
  • Montana
    • Granite County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Montana community of Springtown [Granite County].
  • New Jersey
    • Cumberland County
    • Please visit our profile page for the New Jersey community of Springtown [Cumberland County].
    • Morris County
    • Please visit our profile page for the New Jersey community of Springtown [Morris County].
    • Warren County
    • Please visit our profile page for the New Jersey community of Springtown [Warren County].
  • New York
    • Ulster County
    • Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Springtown [Ulster County].
  • Ontario
    • Please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Springtown.
  • Pennsylvania
    • Bucks County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Springtown [Bucks County].
    • Franklin County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Springtown [Franklin County].
    • Luzerne County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Springtown [Luzerne County].
    • Montgomery County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Springtown [Montgomery County].
    • Northumberland County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Springtown [Northumberland County].
  • South Carolina
    • Bamberg County
    • Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Springtown [Bamberg County].
    • Colleton County
    • Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Springtown [Colleton County].
  • Texas
    • Hamilton County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Springtown [Hamilton County].
    • Parker County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Springtown [Parker County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Springtown ...

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Springtown:

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<1>

Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851)
Published by W. & J.C. Greer, Printers

U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846)
Published by John T. Towers

More Orphans in  Polk County ...

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As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Polk County.