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Welcome to Gum Spring ...

Gum Spring is located in Louisa County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Gum Spring, you might consider that their post office opened in 1846.

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

Gum Spring is 370 feet [113 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Gum Spring: 540 & 826<3>

Communities Also Named Gum Spring ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 6 communities that are also named Gum Spring - they are located in Alabama, Kansas, Mississippi, Tennessee (2) and West Virginia.

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

Communities near Gum Spring ...

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

  • Louisa
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Mineral
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Columbia
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Willowbrook
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Willowbrook is located in Louisa County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willowbrook
  • Enon
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Enon is located in Goochland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enon
  • Gays ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Gays is located in Louisa County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gays
  • Goochland
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Hadensville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Beaumont
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Beaumont is located in Powhatan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaumont
  • Jackson
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Jackson is located in Louisa County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackson

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Gum Spring ...

Looking for more information about Gum 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.

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

Adding Gum Spring to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Gum 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 Gum Spring was in the book titled U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846).

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Virginia's counties, including Louisa, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Gum Spring - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 540 code has been Overlayed with the 826 area code. New phone numbers in the Gum Spring area will be assigned with one of these codes: 540 or 826. As a result, placing a call in the Gum Spring area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.