Welcome to Spears ...Spears is located in Geneva County<1>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Spears, you might consider that their post office opened in 1904. Spears is 140 feet [43 m] above sea level.<2>. Time Zone: Spears lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Note: If you travel east from Spears (for example, toward Cedar Springs (GA)), you will leave Central Time and cross into the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT). Area Codes for Spears: 334 & 483<3> Communities Also Named Spears ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 5 communities that are also named Spears - they are located in Kentucky, Michigan, New Mexico, Tennessee and West Virginia. 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.
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. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Spears ...Looking for more information about Spears? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions. While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Spears, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor 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 (so far) for Spears was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5> For more details, see References and Mentions for Spears. Footnotes ...
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