Do you know of Three Springs ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Three Springs. 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 Three Springs.

Our sources for Three Springs (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office by the same name. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Three Springs other than they indicate that Three Springs would be found somewhere in Hamblen County, Tennessee.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1898 and closed  in 1903.

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 Three Springs ...

We found four communities that share the name Three Springs.

Within Tennessee, the name Three Springs is unique.

Beyond Tennessee, we know of another four communities that are located throughout in the United States.

• Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
  • Kentucky
    • Hart County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Three Springs [Hart County].
    • Warren County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Three Springs [Warren County].
  • Pennsylvania
    • Huntingdon County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Three Springs [Huntingdon County].
  • Virginia
    • Washington County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Three Springs [Washington County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Three Springs ...

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

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

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Three Springs - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned

The FIPS database contains an entry for Three Springs.

Referenced FIPS Records ...

FIPS Code: 47/74080   (Place Name: Three Springs)

County: Hamblen     (FIPS State/County: 47/063)

Class: U8

Identifies a populated place (in this case, Three Springs) located wholly or substantially outside the boundaries of an incorporated place or CDP (Census Designated Place) but whose name has not been verified as authoritative by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).

More Orphans in  Hamblen 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 Hamblen County.