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Welcome to Barren Springs ...

Barren Springs is located in Wythe County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Barren Springs, you might consider that their post office opened in 1855.

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

Barren Springs is 2,040 feet [622 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Barren Springs lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Barren Springs: 276

Communities near Barren Springs ...

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

  • Radford
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Pulaski
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Wytheville
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Galax
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Hillsville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Dublin
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Fries
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Shorts Creek
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Shorts Creek is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shorts Creek
  • Austinville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Draper
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Barren Springs ...

Looking for more information about Barren 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.

In addition to the Tourism page for Barren Springs, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Barren Springs.

Adding Barren Springs to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Barren Springs post office opened in 1855.

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Virginia's counties, including Wythe, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Barren 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>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/