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Welcome to Spout Spring ...

Spout Spring is located in Appomattox County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Spout Spring, you might consider that their post office opened in 1832.

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

Spout Spring is 870 feet [265 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Spout Spring: 434

The ZIP code for Spout Spring: 24593<3>

Communities Also Named Spout Spring ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Spout Spring - it's located in Ohio.

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

Communities near Spout Spring ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Spout Spring ...

Looking for more information about Spout 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.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Spout Spring, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Spout Spring.

Adding Spout Spring to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Spout 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 Spout Spring was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Spout Spring post office opened in 1832.

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Virginia's counties, including Appomattox, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Spout Spring - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>ZIP Codes have been created by the United States Postal Service (USPS) as a way of grouping addresses to make delivery more efficient. The boundaries of the ZIP Code can be changed, re-assigned, eliminated or overlapped with other ZIP Codes. So keep in mind that any given ZIP Code is only 'loosely' associated with a community (such as Spout Spring). When looking for a ZIP Code, whether Spout Spring or elsewhere, it's always best to check the website of the United States Postal Service (USPS).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

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