Welcome to Poplar Springs ...
So far, we found very little information about Poplar Springs. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Poplar Springs to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. We would especially like to find the location of Poplar Springs - knowing its coordinates, we can explore things like its relationship to neighboring communities, nearby cemeteries, etc. If you can help us with Poplar Springs, please Contact Us.
While we don't have the exact location of Poplar Springs , we believe that it would have been located within present day Henrico County<2>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Poplar Springs, you might get a feel for it by knowing that during our research the earliest mention that we found (so far) was on a map dated 1911.
A typical abbreviation for Poplar Springs: Poplar Spgs. (or less commonly used: Poplar Spngs. or Poplar Sprngs.)
Time Zone: The area where Poplar Springs was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time
Communities Also Named Poplar Springs ...
Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 26 communities that are also named Poplar Springs - they are located in Alabama (4), Georgia (3), Maryland, Mississippi (7), North Carolina (4), South Carolina (2) and Tennessee (5).
For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Poplar Springs.
Adding Poplar Springs to Our Gazetteer ...
As we work on our Gazetteer, we occasionally find mention of a community that is new to us. When we find such a community, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope of adding more information in the future.
The earliest source we've referenced which mentioned Poplar Springs was on a map titled Rand McNally Map (1911).
For more details, see References and Mentions for Poplar Springs.
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Henrico County: www.co.henrico.va.us/
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 Poplar 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 Henrico, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |