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Welcome to Spring Beach ...

Spring Beach is located in King County<1>.



While we don't have a date for the founding of Spring Beach, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1913.

A typical abbreviation for Spring Beach: Spring Bch.

Spring Beach is 220 feet [67 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Spring Beach lies in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

Communities Also Named Spring Beach ...

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

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

Communities near Spring Beach ...

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

  • Seattle
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Bellevue
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Everett
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Everett
    • Everett is located in Snohomish County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 112,482 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Everett <3>
  • Renton
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Kirkland
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Redmond
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Sammamish
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Burien
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Bothell
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Edmonds
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Spring Beach ...

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

Adding Spring Beach to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Spring Beach 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 Spring Beach was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Spring Beach post office opened in 1913.

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

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Spring Beach. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for King County: www.metrokc.gov/

The official website for State of Washington: https://access.wa.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Washington's counties, including King, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Spring Beach - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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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