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Welcome to Cherry Spring ...

Cherry Spring is located in Hill Country.

Cherry Spring is located in Gillespie County<1>.

Cherry Spring was established in 1852.

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

Cherry Spring is 1,790 feet [546 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Cherry Spring: 830

Communities Also Named Cherry Spring ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named Cherry Spring - they are located in Nevada and Pennsylvania.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Cherry Spring.

Communities near Cherry Spring ...

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

  • Fredericksburg
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Loyal Valley
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Loyal Valley is located in Mason County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loyal Valley
  • Doss
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Hilda
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Hilda is located in Mason County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilda
  • Hedwigs Hill ‑ Historic
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Hedwigs Hill is located in Mason County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hedwigs Hill
  • Castell
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Eckert
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Eckert is located in Gillespie County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eckert
  • Tivydale
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Tivydale is located in Gillespie County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tivydale
  • Art
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Morris Ranch ‑ Historic
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Morris Ranch is located in Gillespie County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morris Ranch

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Cherry Spring ...

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

Adding Cherry Spring to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Cherry 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 (so far) for Cherry Spring was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Cherry Spring post office opened in 1858. The Cherry Spring post office closed in 1912.

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Texas' counties, including Gillespie, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Cherry 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>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/