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Welcome to Amelia Springs ...So far, we found very little information about Amelia Springs. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Amelia Springs to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Amelia Springs, please Contact Us. Amelia Springs would have been located within present day Amelia County<2>. The location of Amelia Springs has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3> While we don't have a date for the founding of Amelia Springs, you might consider that their post office opened in 1823. A typical abbreviation for Amelia Springs: Amelia Spgs. (or less commonly used: Amelia Spngs. or Amelia Sprngs.) While the community is gone, the present day location for Amelia Springs is 250 feet [76 m] above sea level.<4>. Time Zone: The area where Amelia Springs was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time If Amelia Springs still existed, it would have been in the (804) area code. Communities near Amelia Springs ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Amelia 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 Amelia Springs. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Amelia Springs. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Amelia 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 Amelia Springs. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Amelia Springs. See our Newspapers Page for Amelia Springs. Adding Amelia Springs to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Amelia 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 for Amelia Springs was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6> We also found Amelia Springs in the book titled U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846). For more details, see References and Mentions for Amelia Springs. Off-the-Road Links ...The official website for Amelia County: www.ameliacova.us/ The official website for State of Virginia: https://www.virginia.gov/ Footnotes ...
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