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Welcome to Spa ...

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

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

Spa would have been located within present day Tulare County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Spa, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1911.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Spa is 210 feet [64 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: The area where Spa was located is in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

Communities Also Named Spa ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Spa - it's located in Kentucky.

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

Communities near Spa ...

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

  • Tulare
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tulare
    • Tulare is located in Tulare County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 66,797 people
    • Tulare has also been known as:
    • Tulare City
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Tulare <4>
  • Delano
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Corcoran
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Alpaugh
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Allensworth ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Pixley
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Earlimart
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Tipton
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Saucelito ‑ Historic
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Saucelito. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saucelito
    • Saucelito is located in Tulare County
  • Waukena
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)

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 Spa. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Spa.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Spa. 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 Spa.

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

Adding Spa to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Spa in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Spa was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

X2X - From that list, the Spa post office opened in 1911.

We also found Spa in the book titled SPV's Comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America - California & Nevada.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Spa.

The official website for Tulare County: www.co.tulare.ca.us/

The official website for State of California: https://www.ca.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Spa, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of California's counties, including Tulare, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Spa - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<6>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/




 

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