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Welcome to Stribling Springs ...

Stribling Springs is located in Augusta County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Stribling Springs, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1820.

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

Stribling Springs is 1,670 feet [509 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

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

Communities near Stribling Springs ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Stribling Springs.

  • Harrisonburg
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Staunton
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Bridgewater
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Grottoes
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Dayton
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dayton
    • Dayton is located in Rockingham County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,642 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dayton <4>
  • Craigsville
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Mount Crawford
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Churchville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Mount Solon
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • West Augusta
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Augusta
    • West Augusta is located in Augusta 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 Stribling Springs. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Stribling Springs.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Stribling Springs ...

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

Adding Stribling Springs to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Stribling Springs post office opened in 1820.

We also found Stribling Springs in the book titled List of Post Offices in the United States (1870).

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

Footnotes ...

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

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