Welcome to Sulphur Springs ...So far, we found very little information about Sulphur Springs. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Sulphur Springs to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Sulphur Springs, please Contact Us. Sulphur Springs would have been located within present day Decatur County<2>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Sulphur Springs, you might consider that their post office opened in 1886. A typical abbreviation for Sulphur Springs: Sulphur Spgs. (or less commonly used: Sulphur Spngs. or Sulphur Sprngs.) While the community is gone, the present day location for Sulphur Springs is 400 feet [122 m] above sea level.<3>. Time Zone: The area where Sulphur Springs was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time The Area Code where Sulphur Springs was located: 731 Communities Also Named Sulphur Springs ...While we believe that this Sulphur Springs is located in Decatur County, we know of another 10 Tennessee communities named Sulphur Springs. Those communities are located in the following counties: Anderson, Cheatham, Hamblen, Hickman, Lincoln, Marion, Maury, McNairy, Pickett and Washington County. Beyond Tennessee, there are 60 communities that are also named Sulphur Springs - they are located in Alabama (7), Arkansas (7), California (3), Florida, Georgia, Illinois (2), Indiana (2), Iowa, Kansas (2), Kentucky, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, New Mexico, New York (2), North Carolina (4), Ohio (4), Oregon, Pennsylvania (2), Texas (3), Virginia, Washington and West Virginia. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Sulphur Springs. Communities near Sulphur Springs ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Sulphur Springs.
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 Sulphur Springs. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Sulphur Springs. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Sulphur 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 Sulphur Springs. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Sulphur Springs. See our Newspapers Page for Sulphur Springs. Adding Sulphur Springs to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Sulphur Springs in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page. From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Sulphur Springs was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5> For more details, see References and Mentions for Sulphur Springs. Footnotes ...
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