Welcome to Sparkling Springs ...Sparkling Springs is located in Rockingham County<1>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Sparkling Springs, you might consider that their post office opened in 1893. A typical abbreviation for Sparkling Springs: Sparkling Spgs. (or less commonly used: Sparkling Spngs. or Sparkling Sprngs.) Sparkling Springs is 1,840 feet [561 m] above sea level.<2>. Time Zone: Sparkling Springs lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time Area Codes for Sparkling Springs: 540 & 826<3> Communities near Sparkling Springs ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Sparkling 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 Sparkling Springs. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Sparkling Springs. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Sparkling 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 Sparkling Springs. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Sparkling Springs. See our Newspapers Page for Sparkling Springs. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Sparkling Springs ...Looking for more information about Sparkling 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 Sparkling Springs, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Sparkling Springs. Adding Sparkling Springs to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Sparkling 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 Sparkling 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 Sparkling Springs. Footnotes ...
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