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Welcome to Massanetta Springs ...

Massanetta Springs is located in Rockingham County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Massanetta Springs, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1887.

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

Massanetta Springs is 1,460 feet [445 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Massanetta Springs: 540 & 826<3>

Communities near Massanetta Springs ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Massanetta 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 Massanetta Springs. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Massanetta Springs.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Massanetta Springs ...

Looking for more information about Massanetta 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 Massanetta Springs, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Massanetta Springs.

Adding Massanetta Springs to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Massanetta 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 Massanetta Springs was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Massanetta Springs post office opened in 1887.

We also found Massanetta Springs in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Virginia's counties, including Rockingham, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Massanetta Springs - 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 Massanetta Springs area will be assigned with one of these codes: 540 or 826. As a result, placing a call in the Massanetta Springs 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.
<5>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.
<6>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/