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Welcome to Cedar Springs ...

Cedar Springs is located in Navajo County<1>.


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


While we don't have a date for the founding of Cedar Springs, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1910.

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

Cedar Springs is 6,270 feet [1,911 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the altitude of Cedar Springs is about 1¼ mile [or ~2 km] above sea level.

Time Zone: Cedar Springs lies in the Mountain Standard Time Zone (MST) and does not observe daylight saving time

Note: If you leave Cedar Springs and travel east, you will leave Mountain Standard Time and cross into the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT). In addition, you will be moving from an area that does not observe daylight saving time to one that does.

Cedar Springs is within the (928) area code.

Communities Also Named Cedar Springs ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Arizona communities named Cedar Springs: This one is located in Navajo County and the other is located in Graham County.

Beyond Arizona, there are 31 communities that are also named Cedar Springs - they are located in Alabama (3), California (2), Connecticut, Georgia, Kentucky, Michigan, Missouri, New Jersey, New Mexico, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario (2), Pennsylvania, South Carolina (3), Tennessee (4), Texas (2), Utah and Virginia (3).

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

Communities near Cedar Springs ...

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

  • Dilkon
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dilkon have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dilkon
    • Dilkon is located in Navajo County
  • Seba Dalkai
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seba Dalkai
    • Seba Dalkai is located in Navajo County
  • Indian Wells
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Second Mesa
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
  • Jeddito
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jeddito have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeddito
    • Jeddito is located in Navajo County
  • First Mesa
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for First Mesa
    • First Mesa is located in Navajo County
  • Hano
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hano
    • Hano is located in Navajo County
  • Keams Canyon
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
  • Polacca
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
  • Walpi
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walpi
    • Walpi is located in Navajo County

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Cedar Springs ...

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

Adding Cedar Springs to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Cedar Springs post office opened in 1910.

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

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

The official website for Navajo County: www.co.navajo.az.us/

The official website for State of Arizona: https://az.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Arizona's counties, including Navajo, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>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.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Cedar Springs - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<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/









 

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