the changing of the railroad so that it didn't go through town anymore and the easy access to other entertainments. Those that owned cottages and a few others still came for the next several years. There was an attempt to locate a Veteran's Hospital that failed. Other development plans by members of the Drennen family for a large village and resurgence of the springs never came to fruition. Blount Springs became sparsely populated and largely undeveloped for several decades. In the late 1980s, Blount Springs Recolonization Partners began work on The Village at Blount Springs, the first stage of a planned gated community designed by Duany, Plater-Zyberk architects on the former site of the Blount Springs resort. Numerous springs emerge at the site of the former resort, each containing a different mineral (white sulfur, red sulfur, and lithium, to name a few). When the resort was still in operation, water from the springs was sold in blue glass bottles. Shards of these bottles fill the soil near the foundations of the resort, and are said to bring good luck. A post office operated under the name Blount Springs from 1830 to 1957. Demographics Blount Springs appeared on the 1880 U.S. Census as an incorporated town having 156 residents. It was the only time it appeared on census rolls. References External links www.blountsprings.com Unincorporated communities in Blount County, Alabama Unincorporated communities in Alabama 1830 establishments in Alabama