Welcome to Granite Springs ...Granite Springs is located in Spotsylvania County<1>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Granite Springs, you might consider that their post office opened in 1876. A typical abbreviation for Granite Springs: Granite Spgs. (or less commonly used: Granite Spngs. or Granite Sprngs.) Granite Springs is 420 feet [128 m] above sea level.<2>. Time Zone: Granite Springs lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time Area Codes for Granite Springs: 540 & 826<3> Communities Also Named Granite Springs ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named Granite Springs - they are located in California and New York. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Granite Springs. Communities near Granite Springs ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Granite 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 Granite Springs. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Granite Springs. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Granite 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 Granite Springs. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Granite Springs. See our Newspapers Page for Granite Springs. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Granite Springs ...Looking for more information about Granite 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 Granite Springs, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Granite Springs. Adding Granite Springs to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Granite 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 Granite 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 Granite Springs. Footnotes ...
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