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Welcome to Sweet Springs ...

Sweet Springs is located in Monroe County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Sweet Springs, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1795.

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

Sweet Springs is 2,030 feet [619 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Sweet Springs: 304 & 681<3>

Communities Also Named Sweet Springs ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Sweet Springs - it's located in Missouri.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Sweet Springs.

Communities near Sweet Springs ...

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

  • Covington
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Covington have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Covington
    • Covington is located in Covington City (VA)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,639 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Covington <5>
  • Lewisburg
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • White Sulphur Springs
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Ronceverte
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Union
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
    • Union is located in Monroe County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 539 people
  • New Castle
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Tuckahoe
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuckahoe
    • Tuckahoe is located in Greenbrier County
  • Hollywood
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollywood
    • Hollywood is located in Monroe County
  • Moss Run
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moss Run
    • Moss Run is located in Alleghany County (VA)
  • Caldwell
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Sweet Springs ...

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

Adding Sweet Springs to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Sweet 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 Sweet Springs was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Sweet Springs post office opened in 1795.

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

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of West Virginia's counties, including Monroe, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Sweet 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 304 code has been Overlayed with the 681 area code. New phone numbers in the Sweet Springs area will be assigned with one of these codes: 304 or 681. As a result, placing a call in the Sweet Springs area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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