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So far, we found very little information about Montgomery White Sulphur Springs. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Montgomery White Sulphur Springs to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Montgomery White Sulphur Springs, please Contact Us.


Montgomery White Sulphur Springs would have been located within present day Montgomery County<2>.


The location of Montgomery White Sulphur 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 Montgomery White Sulphur Springs, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1855.

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

While the community is gone, the present day location for Montgomery White Sulphur Springs is 1,560 feet [475 m] above sea level.<4>.

Time Zone: The area where Montgomery White Sulphur Springs was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Montgomery White Sulphur Springs would have been located in the (540) area code.

Websites for Montgomery White Sulphur Springs ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.montgomerycc.org/

Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Montgomery White Sulphur Springs, the following might be of interest:

Communities near Montgomery White Sulphur Springs ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Montgomery White Sulphur Springs.

  • Blacksburg
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Blacksburg have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blacksburg
    • Blacksburg is located in Montgomery County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 44,074 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Blacksburg <5>
  • Salem
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Salem have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem
    • Salem is located in Salem City
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 25,340 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Salem <5>
  • Christiansburg
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Radford
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Radford have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Radford
    • Radford is located in Radford City
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 18,255 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Radford <5>
  • Dublin
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dublin have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dublin
    • Dublin is located in Pulaski County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,578 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dublin <5>
  • Pembroke
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Floyd
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Merrimac
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Merrimac have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrimac
    • Merrimac is located in Montgomery County
  • Oak Grove
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
    • Oak Grove is located in Montgomery County
  • Rogers
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rogers have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogers
    • Rogers is located in Montgomery County

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

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

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

Adding Montgomery White Sulphur Springs to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Montgomery White Sulphur Springs post office opened in 1855.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Montgomery White Sulphur Springs.

The official website for Montgomery County: www.montva.com/

The official website for State of Virginia: https://www.virginia.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Montgomery White Sulphur Springs, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Virginia's counties, including Montgomery, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>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.
<4>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Montgomery White Sulphur Springs - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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









 

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