Most of Indian Springs was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1992. Below: maps from 1942 on and the census since 2000.
Founding year: the first Indian Springs post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓
History grade
What drives Indian Springs’ History grade
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Indian Springs is more historic than 2% of U.S. towns. Its National Register listings hold the grade up; its share of homes from before 1940 pulls it down.
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HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Indian Springs’ overall grade.
Few Nevada towns list much on the Register (a typical Nevada town has 0.0 per 10,000 residents, the U.S. 2.4), so Indian Springs’ 0.0 sits below most of its state (29% of Nevada towns have fewer) while its 0 listings outnumber those of 23% of U.S. towns.
How sure. Graded on any two of the three inputs instead, the letter would range from D− to D. The pre-1940 share is a Census survey estimate (±3.0 points). The founding year is the first post office, not a stated founding date.
Founding year: the first post office (other dates in Quick answers). Homes: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register: National Park Service, May 2026 list; each listing counted once (boundary changes and added documentation belong to their listing), and a historic district counts its contributing buildings. How TownRatings grades history →
What stands out about Indian Springs’ past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
The community was named for the fact that Native Americans had settled on the springs near the original town site.
In 1906, Indian Springs became a way station and watering place for the Las Vegas and Tonopah Railroad. The original rail line ran under what is now US 95. The LV&T ceased operation in 1918.
Indian Springs Auxiliary Airfield also known as Indian Springs Field, was rapidly constructed in Nevada by the United States Army Air Forces the month after the Pearl Harbor attack. Indian Springs was immediately entered into service as a training camp for Army Air Force B-25 air-to-air gunnery training, and as a divert field for Las Vegas Army Airfield.
In 1947, Las Vegas AAF was inactivated, and so was Indian Springs.
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Indian Springs. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1942Indian Spring sheet · 1:125,000
U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Indian Springs.
People over time
Indian Springs, census by census
Between 912 and 1,302 people in every census since 2000.
3 censuses, 2000–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Indian Springs’ Wikipedia page.
Famous people
Famous people close to Indian Springs
Nobody well known was born in Indian Springs itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
Indian Springs’s post office has been open since 1917.
Hamlets and corners on the map
Cactus Springs
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
Questions about Indian Springs’ history
What year was Indian Springs founded?
The Indian Springs post office opened in 1917, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
How does Indian Springs rank for history?
Indian Springs is more historic than 2% of U.S. towns. The History grade combines the town’s founding era, the share of homes built before 1940 and its National Register listings. It’s a character grade, so it isn’t part of the overall grade. How it works.
How old are the homes in Indian Springs?
0.0% of Indian Springs’ homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±3.0 points), against a typical 0.3% for a Nevada town; the median home was built in 1992.
Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
From Wikimedia Commons (8), Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.
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