Box Springs, Georgia

Box Springs, Georgia
Unincorporated community
Box Springs, Georgia
Coordinates: 32°31′58″N 84°39′40″W / 32.53278°N 84.66111°W / 32.53278; -84.66111Coordinates: 32°31′58″N 84°39′40″W / 32.53278°N 84.66111°W / 32.53278; -84.66111
Country United States
State Georgia
County Talbot
Elevation 367 ft (112 m)
Time zone UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code 31801
Area code(s) 706 & 762
GNIS feature ID 354828[1]

Box Springs is an unincorporated community in Talbot County, Georgia, United States. The community is located in the county's extreme southwestern corner, 12.2 miles (19.6 km) southwest of Talbotton. Box Springs has a post office with ZIP code 31801.[2][3]

History

A post office has been in operation at Box Springs since 1853.[4] The community was named for the boxes which railroad agents placed into a nearby spring in order to collect water for passing steam trains.[5]

The Georgia General Assembly incorporated the place as the "Town of Box Springs" in 1913.[6] The town's charter was dissolved in 1931.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Box Springs". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
  2. ↑ United States Postal Service. "USPS - Look Up a ZIP Code". Retrieved November 22, 2015.
  3. ↑ "Postmaster Finder - Post Offices by ZIP Code". United States Postal Service. Retrieved November 22, 2015.
  4. ↑ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 2 April 2018.
  5. 1 2 Krakow, Kenneth K. (1975). Georgia Place-Names: Their History and Origins (PDF). Macon, GA: Winship Press. p. 23. ISBN 0-915430-00-2.
  6. ↑ Acts and Resolutions of the General Assembly of the State of Georgia. Clark & Hines, State Printers. 1913. p. 623.


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