Welcome to Wayland Springs ...

Wayland Springs is located in Lawrence County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Wayland Springs, you might consider that their post office opened in 1850.

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

Wayland Springs is 560 feet [171 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Wayland Springs: 931

Communities near Wayland Springs ...

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

• Florence
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Florence is located in Lauderdale County (AL)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florence
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 41,166 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Florence <3>
• Lawrenceburg
  (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Lawrenceburg is located in Lawrence County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrenceburg
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 11,066 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lawrenceburg <3>
• Liberty Grove
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Liberty Grove is located in Lawrence County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Grove
  • Estimated population in 2014: 7,825 people
• Loretto
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Loretto is located in Lawrence County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loretto
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,781 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Loretto <3>
• Killen
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Killen is located in Lauderdale County (AL)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Killen
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 962 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Killen <3>
• Collinwood
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Collinwood is located in Wayne County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collinwood
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 932 people
• Saint Joseph
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Saint Joseph is located in Lawrence County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Joseph
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 824 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Saint Joseph <3>
• Saint Florian
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Saint Florian is located in Lauderdale County (AL)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Florian
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 780 people
• Lexington
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Lexington is located in Lauderdale County (AL)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lexington
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 711 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lexington <3>
• Anderson
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Anderson is located in Lauderdale County (AL)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 268 people

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Wayland Springs ...

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

Adding Wayland Springs to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Wayland 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 Wayland Springs was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Wayland Springs post office opened in 1850. The Wayland Springs post office closed in 1924.

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