Welcome to Park Springs ...
Park Springs is located Park Springs is located in Wise County<1>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Park Springs, you might consider that their post office opened in 1893. A typical abbreviation for Park Springs: Park Spgs. (or less commonly used: Park Spngs. or Park Sprngs.) Park Springs is 960 feet [293 m] above sea level.<2>. Time Zone: Park Springs lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Park Springs lies within the (940) area code. Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Park Springs - it's located in New Mexico. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Park Springs. We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Park Springs. We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy. We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Park Springs. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Park Springs. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Park 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 Park Springs. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Park Springs. See our Newspapers Page for Park Springs. Looking for more information about Park 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 Park Springs, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Park Springs. We originally found mention of Park 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 for Park 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 Park Springs.
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Park Springs. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page. The official website for Wise County: www.co.wise.tx.us/ The official website for State of Texas: https://texas.gov/
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TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Park Springs ...
Adding Park Springs to Our Gazetteer ...
From that list, the Park Springs post office opened in 1893.
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Footnotes ...
<1> If you're interested in how the shape of Texas' counties, including Wise, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. <2> The elevation is an estimate for the area around Park Springs - 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> The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. <5> A copy of their list with background information can be found at:
https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/