Welcome to Fountain Spring ...

Fountain Spring is located in Wood County<1>.

The location of Fountain Spring has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Fountain Spring, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1848.

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

Fountain Spring is 620 feet [189 m] above sea level.<3>.

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

Area codes for Fountain Spring: (304) & (681)<4>

Communities Also Named Fountain Spring ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Fountain Spring - it's located in Rhode Island.

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

Communities near Fountain Spring ...

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

• Parkersburg
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkersburg
  • Parkersburg is located in Wood County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 29,009 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Parkersburg <5>
• Marietta
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marietta
  • Marietta is located in Washington County (OH)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 13,364 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Marietta <5>
• Vienna
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Vienna have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vienna
  • Vienna is located in Wood County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,028 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Vienna <5>
• Belpre
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belpre
  • Belpre is located in Washington County (OH)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,356 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Belpre <5>
• Ravenswood
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ravenswood
  • Ravenswood is located in Jackson County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,616 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ravenswood <5>
• Williamstown
  (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamstown
  • Williamstown is located in Wood County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,860 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Williamstown <5>
• Elizabeth
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elizabeth
  • Elizabeth is located in Wirt County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 819 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Elizabeth <5>
• North Hills
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for North Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Hills
  • North Hills is located in Wood County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 766 people
• Coolville
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coolville
  • Coolville is located in Athens County (OH)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 493 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Coolville <5>
• Reedy
  (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Reedy have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reedy
  • Reedy is located in Roane County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 159 people

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Fountain Spring ...

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

Adding Fountain Spring to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Fountain Spring in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Fountain Spring was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Fountain Spring post office opened in 1848.

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

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

Off-the-Road Links ...

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

The official website for Wood County: www.woodcountywv.com/

The official website for State of West Virginia: https://www.wv.gov/