Welcome to Spears ...

So far, we found very little information about Spears. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Spears to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Spears, please Contact Us.

Spears would have been located within present day Lincoln County<2>.

The location of Spears has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Spears, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1905.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Spears is 810 feet [247 m] above sea level.<4>.

Time Zone: The area where Spears was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

The location where Spears once stood is in the (304) and (681)<5> area codes.

Communities Also Named Spears ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 5 communities that are also named Spears - they are located in Alabama, Kentucky, Michigan, New Mexico and Tennessee.

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

Communities near Spears ...

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

• Madison
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madison
  • Madison is located in Boone County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,616 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Madison <6>
• Wayne
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wayne have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayne
  • Wayne is located in Wayne County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,559 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wayne <6>
• Chapmanville
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapmanville
  • Chapmanville is located in Logan County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,078 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Chapmanville <6>
• Hamlin
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamlin
  • Hamlin is located in Lincoln County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,005 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hamlin <6>
• West Hamlin
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for West Hamlin have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Hamlin
  • West Hamlin is located in Lincoln County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 689 people
• Danville
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danville
  • Danville is located in Boone County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 589 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Danville <6>
• West Logan
  (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for West Logan have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Logan
  • West Logan is located in Logan County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 358 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for West Logan <6>
• Mitchell Heights
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mitchell Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchell Heights
  • Mitchell Heights is located in Logan County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 274 people
• Palermo
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palermo
  • Palermo is located in Lincoln County
• Wewanta
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wewanta
  • Wewanta is located in Lincoln County

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Spears. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Spears.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Spears. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Spears.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Spears. See our Newspapers Page for Spears.

Adding Spears to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Spears 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 Spears was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7>

From that list, the Spears post office opened in 1905.

We also found Spears on a map titled Rand McNally Map of West Virginia (1911).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Spears.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Lincoln County: www.co.lincoln.wv.us/

The official website for State of West Virginia: https://www.wv.gov/