Spgs.

Geography & Places abbreviation · Geographic Feature

Spgs.
Stands forSprings
CategoriesGeography & Places

Spgs. stands for Springs, a geographic feature abbreviation.

Found in names of resort and spa towns built around mineral or hot springs, such as Colorado Spgs., Palm Spgs. or Hot Spgs., Arkansas.

Example: The conference is in Colorado Spgs., near the Air Force Academy.

Usage notes

USPS uses SPGS for Springs and SPG for Spring. Hot Springs, Arkansas, was set aside by Congress in 1832, decades before Yellowstone became the first national park.

More geographic feature abbreviations

  • Pk. – Peak
  • Prov. – Province
  • Pt. – Point
  • R. – River
  • Res. – Reservation
  • SP – State Park
  • SSSI – Site of Special Scientific Interest
  • St. – Saint
  • Ste. – Sainte
  • Str. – Strait
  • Twp. – Township
  • UTM – Universal Transverse Mercator

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